CHAMP stands for Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP). It uses bursts of microwave energy —an electromagnetic pulse (EMP)—to disable electronic systems.

For instance, an enemy of America could launch a short-range missile carrying an EMP weapon from a cargo ship off the U.S. coast. Clearly, ...

Electromagnetic Pulse: North Korea’s Latest Threat Against U.S. ... the tactic in a Sunday morning release in which the country said it was able to load a hydrogen bomb onto a long-range missile.

Hot on the heels of (reportedly) harnessing nuclear fusion and a slew of ballistic missile launches, South Korea's intelligence agency is now reporting that Kim Jong-Un's North Korea is developing ...

April 3, 2025: North Korea has tested a missile launched ElectroMagnetic Pulse or EMP weapon. This took place on April 29th as the conventional missile warhead detonated at 72 kilometers altitude.

Golden Dome Missile Defense System ‘Our Only Hope Against the Existential Threat of an EMP Attack,’ Expert Says William R. Forstchen, Ph.D. Mar 19, 2025 ...

The ER model also offers double the range as the older AGM-158 JASSM model (about 550 miles), and this may even end up being extended further as the CHAMP equipped JASSM-ER will need no terminal ...

Thus, North Korea can already use EMP attacks to “turn out the lights in South Korea” and wherever they might reach with their demonstrated ballistic missile capabilities — leveling the ...

Boeing's "CHAMP" (Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project) is a one-missile, flying blackout. Image source: Boeing. Born into Generation X, I grew up with the threat of ...

The technology was validated in 2012, when an EMP missile designed by Boeing was launched from a B-52 bomber. Unlike nuclear weapons that only generate one pulse, an EMP cruise missile can ...

The idea of the "electro-magnetic pulse," or EMP, is a popular one in science fiction: ... Such a weapon would be invaluable against enemy infrastructure like radar and missile launch sites.