Patent ID: 6870498

Claim:
A weapon for affecting electronic equipment on board a remote target, the weapon comprising: an electromagnetic pulse source for producing an electromagnetic pulse having a power level of at least one Gigawatt; first switch means connected to the electromagnetic pulse generating means for interrupting the flow of the pulse and for causing the production of a high voltage pulse across the first switch means; second switch means connected to the first switch means, for responding to the production of the high voltage pulse, to conduct electrical energy away from the first switch means; second switch means connected to said electrically conductive means or responding to the production of the high voltage pulse to conduct an electrical energy pulse out of the electrically conductive means; microwave energy conversion means connected to the second switch means for receiving the electrical energy and converting it to a pulse of microwave energy; and radiation means coupled to the microwave energy conversion means and operable for transmitting the microwave energy pulse as a directional radiation beam towards said target.