Today I was able to flesh out more of the development of what I call Israeli-Arab EMPFAE ordnance, munitions that have two parts: 1) a warhead for producing nonnuclear electromagnetic pulses (EMPs); and 2) fuel-air explosives (FAE). Israel has been working on hyper velocity projectiles (HVPs) for years. It appears that in the process of…
Undisclosed versus covert versus clandestine
April 14, 2016
Military operations are classified as open, clandestine, covert, and undisclosed. Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom were open operations. A clandestine operation was Neptune Spear, the killing of Osama bin Laden by US Navy SEALs of DEVGRU. Though secret at the time, we admitted to it when it was over. Covert operations are actions that everyone…
Explosive force can be directed and used to defeat bombs
March 7, 2016
The videos coming out of Syria show new weapons. Through battle-damage assessment (BDA), I can determine what a munition is doing. Then I go looking for patents. First I found a patent for ordnance that combines fuel-air explosive (FAE) with a warhead that creates nonnuclear electromagnetic pulses (EMPs). Now I’ve located the patent for directing…