Air Force Seeks (Non Lethal) City Stopper
Source: Information Weekly While it won’t destroy buildings, or directly kill people, it will shut down everything in its path with a power button. Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) bombs have been written about for quite some time, and are supposed to have been used in a number of conflicts in the past 15 years. These weapons are designed to shut down cities, as well as military communications and weapon systems, not physically destroy them. Well, only the electrical parts. The U.S. military already has EMP capabilities, but it looks like, based on this Air Force solicitation published in the past couple of days, that they’re about to get more tactical:
