Jim, those are referred to as High Power Microwave (HPM) weapons.
Aviation Week & Space Technology has been running some articles on
them. Apparently both the US and the UK are ready to deploy them
on unmanned platforms. Not sure about the other publication but
AW&ST is highly regarded in the aerospace world. I've been a
subscriber for `decades'...

    - Tom

At 17:10 10-08-02, Jim wrote:
>Gak! Cough! Hak!
>
>Here's an article from one of their pages, with my comments added:
>
>   "E-bomb" may see first combat use in Iraq
>   http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992654
>
>   17:45 08 August 02
>
>   NewScientist.com news service
>
>   Weapons designed to attack electronic systems and not people
>   could see their first combat use in any military attack on Iraq.

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