EMP weapons can destroy satellites and ground-based electronic infrastructure.

The Chinese new microwave system is called TPG1000Cs. That system can be mounted on the Chinese space station. The system is introduced. As a ground-based system developed at the Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology (NINT), it is capable of disrupting or damaging satellites. The new Chinese development could also target American Starlink satellites. But. The five-ton weight system. It can also be mounted in aircraft, ships, or satellites. 

On July 9, 1962, the U.S. military made the “Starfish Prime” test near Johnson Island. The test was a high-altitude 1,4 megaton nuclear test. This detonation. Turned the electric supply off in Honolulu. And. That nuclear detonation. Showed the impact of the high-power electromagnetic pulse. The Starfish Prime raised a question: what if the EMP impulse could be made without a nuclear explosion? 

In 1977, the Soviet reconnaissance satellite Kosmos 954. Dropped in Canada. The thing that made that satellite interesting. It was its nuclear reactor. Kosmos 954 used its reactor. For its radar system. But. Some researchers thought that the Kosmos 954 had a microwave or radio wave-based system that it could use against other satellites. The EMP weapon. That uses aimed maser (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) technology is an extremely dangerous system. The system can take out other satellites. But if that EMP system has enough power. It can also affect ground targets. 

China developed the Starlink killer. That system can generate a 20-gigawatt microwave impulse for one minute, which can potentially destroy electronics on all satellites. The system can destroy the satellite constellations. The length of that system is five meters. The weight of the system. It is about five tonnes. The system can be mounted on a truck, ship, aircraft, or even in a spaceship. The name of the system. Is TPG1000Cs. 

There are plans. To create radio-wave-based EMP systems. Those systems use radio waves that. Jump from the ionosphere to destroy electronics. High-power radars and radio telescopes can create EMP pulses. That can destroy computers and microchips in their effective range.   The system can also use crossing radio waves. Those systems create an electric arc. Into the target area. Those systems can cause fire. And destroy also other things than just electronic components. 

"Cosmos-954 satellite artist rendition Note: The image is a pure phantasy depiction and has nothing in common with the real Cosmos-954 (RORSAT) and should not be used to illustrate articles on Cosmos-954 or RORSAT" (Wikipedia, Kosmos 954)

China developed the Starlink killer. That system can generate a 20-gigawatt microwave impulse, which can potentially destroy electronics on all satellites. The system can destroy the satellite constellations. 

The microwave-based system can also destroy low-trajectory reconnaissance satellites. But the ability to generate such a powerful microwave makes it possible to destroy electronics on the ground. If we think. About the orbiting system that can generate a 20-30 gigawatt microwave-EMP pulse. That system can be dangerous for hypersonic missiles and aircraft. And ground-based electronics. 

The system can use solar panels or a small nuclear reactor. To create that kind of microwave burst. This kind of system differs from the explosive-based systems. That way. That it can give. Those high-power microwave bursts. into multiple targets. If that kind of microwave hits the missile base or communication platform, that system destroys the electronics immediately. The space-based microwave transmitter can also operate against other satellites. The EMP weapons are also suitable systems to use against drone swarms and combat robots. 

This is one of the reasons. Why. Large-scale structures in space. Are. Somehow dangerous. China plans to launch data centers into space. Those systems require lots of energy. And the space-based microwave systems can use similar power supply technology that was developed for those data centers. 

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3342443/chinese-scientists-build-world-first-20gw-microwave-weapon-can-fire-60-second-bursts

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/19/inside-ring-china-rapidly-building-space-warfare-might-us-intel/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_954

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime

Last night. At midnight, the last treaty. That limits nuclear weapons ended.

The worst thing in history is here. The world is without a treaty that limits the R&D work with nuclear weapons. The INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.  The treaty that limited the intermediate-range ballistic missiles ended in 2019, and missiles like “Oreshnik” are the new threat. Oreshnik is the IRBM missile that can hit any target in Western Europe. The end of the START II treaty opens the road to nuclear tests that happen underwater and in the atmosphere. If the new treaty is not coming. That means the world will fall to the 1950’s. 

“An intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range between 3,000 to 5,500 km (1,864 to 3,418 miles), categorized between a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Classifying ballistic missiles by range is done mostly for convenience. In principle, there is little difference between a high-performance IRBM and a low-performance ICBM, because decreasing payload mass can increase the range over the ICBM threshold. The range definition used here is used within the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. “ (Wikipedia, Intermediate-range ballistic missile)

Russian “Oreshnik” missile in its transporter. 

An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi), primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads). Conventional, chemical, and biological weapons can also be delivered with varying effectiveness but have never been deployed on ICBMs. Some modern designs support multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), allowing a single missile to carry several warheads, each of which can strike a different target. The United States, Russia, China, France, India, the United Kingdom, Israel, and North Korea are the only countries known to have operational ICBMs. Pakistan is the only nuclear-armed state that does not possess ICBMs.” (Wikipedia, Intercontinental ballistic missile)

There are also other types of nuclear weapon systems. Like FOBS (Fractional Orbital Bombardment System). That means space- or orbital-based nuclear bombardment system. In the beginning, that system meant Soviet spaceborne nuclear weapons. They planned to drop nuclear bombs from satellites. But later. The term FOBS came to mean all spaceborne nuclear weapons. 

The main problem is that. Any treaty is only paper if the participants only search for. How to circumvent the contract. Technical advancements. Including. A new computer-based targeting and fire control system makes it possible. The ICBM missile is to attack. To any point of its flightpath. The only reason why the IRBM missiles are developed is that. Those missiles are lighter and easier to transport than ICBM missiles. Also, things like Tomahawk missiles can be launched from the same catapults. These are used for BQM-109 drone launchers. 

Things like hypersonic “Kalibr” missiles can also be launched from ground-based systems. Another question is this: why were ship-launched IRBM and cruise missiles left outside the INF treaty? The “Kalibr”, or its CLUB-K container launch system. It’s easy to transport to the ground or to ships. Those kinds of systems are an easy way to circumvent those treaties. 

We must not say that a new Cold War is coming. We must say that we are in a more complicated situation than ever before, including the Cold War era. The thing that makes the situation more complicated is that. There are many other countries that have nuclear weapons. Their stockpiles are not as large as the Russian and the USA nuclear stockpiles. But those weapons are extremely devastating. Most of those new nuclear states are not members of any nuclear treaty. 

And they see a situation where they can ask the USA and Russia to decrease their nuclear strike capacity, before they get involved or even start to discuss their involvement in START or its successor. That means that. Those third-party nuclear states will increase their strike capacity. Until. It’s on the same level as the U.S. and Russian capacity. And that causes problems in the nuclear treaties. Most of those nuclear limitation treaties are made between the U.S. and Russia. And there are many more states with nuclear arsenals. And those countries want the same respect that the U.S. and Russia have. The world needs a treaty that controls those weapons. But the world also needs willingness to. follow those treaties. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g31n4ey9go

https://nuclearweaponarchive.org

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-russia-close-deal-extend-new-start-nuclear-arms-treaty-axios-reports-2026-02-05/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_Orbital_Bombardment_System

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate-range_ballistic_missile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreshnik_(missile)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_START

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/START_I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/START_II

Oreshnik as a threat.

China used billions of dollars. To sponsor the development of the Oreshnik missile. This means that. Maybe China used that data in its own weapon development. 

The “Oreshnik” missile is one of the most feared weapons, and one of the mysteries is: why does it not have ICBM capacity? The Oreshnik is an IRBM missile, which means it's prohibited in the IRBM treaty. That treaty lost its meaning. The Oreshnik is quite similar to RS-26 “Rubetzh”. The rocket of the “Rubezh” is 12 meters long, and the weight of the missile is about 36 tonnes. The question is: does that weight contain only the missile?

Or is it calculated with its transporter? The missile itself can involve multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, MIRV, or one Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle. It is possible that “Oreshnik” and “Rubetzh” are created for fitting in the cargo bay of An-22 “Antei”, or IL-76 “Candid” cargo planes. 

The heavy transporter can make those missiles extremely dangerous. The fast transportable missile can be carried into Cuba. Or somewhere to Latin America. And those missiles can be launched against the USA, just like they can be used against Europe. Those missiles are highly mobile systems that can be transported on roads. Or ships. Or by using aircraft. To the launching position. 

“Antonov An-22A Antei, Russia - Air Force AN2203462” (Wikipedia, Antonov An-22)

“A Russian Air Force Il-76MD-90A” (Wikipedia, Ilyushin Il-76)

The primary question is, where is the system that gives the launching codes to the system? There is a possibility. That. The system uses normal telephone lines. To get the launch code. But. The launching code can also be given by using satellites or from command aircraft. The command aircraft can give the code. By using normal radios. Or the system can also use laser communication. In the last case, the command aircraft must have visual contact with the missile. 

This system must be existed, because satellite radio communication is “easy” to jam. In the case that the jammer denies those satellites' radio communication. In that case, there must be some kind of wired communication. Or satellites, or an aircraft-based laser system. 

The system needs a command aircraft in cases where it must use individual missiles. That’s why the damage that the Wagner PMC revolt caused can be more devastating than it seems. During that revolt, rebellious forces destroyed one of the Russian Il-22 (”Coot-B”) command aircraft. The Il-22 (”Coot-B”) is a command post variant of the Il-18 aircraft. 

The Il-22 can have those laser systems. And we must realize that the crew operates systems. Those that are reserved for revolt situations do not operate with the same aircraft as normal combat operations teams. So the aircraft that those special crews use must also be. Different types. From a normal command aircraft.

There is a possibility that this aircraft had a role in commanding the nuclear missile fire. Those aircraft's purpose was to control the cooperation with air forces (Spetsnaz, Alpha team), ground troops, and naval units. That revolt ended, but that command aircraft was not sent airborne for nothing. In Russian doctrine. It is possible to use nuclear weapons against rebellious troops.  

https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=2467

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-mi8-helicopters-pilots-killed-wagner-mutiny-1808976

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/01/28/china-helping-russia-build-nuclear-capable-missile/?gsid=578484a7-a2fa-4cfd-850a-a1ecc8c8680a

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Group

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyushin_Il-18

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreshnik_(missile)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-26_Rubezh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spetsnaz

President Trump talked about the weapon that the Delta Force used in Venezuela.

MH-60M

There was suspicion that the U.S. troops used some kind of acoustic system in Venezuela during the Maduro capture. The system was probably a combination of the electromagnetic and acoustic weapons. That could knock out electronics and Maduro’s guards. 

The symptoms that the Venezuelan troops got, like a bleeding nose, nausea, and loss of ability to operate, indicate a weapon that uses an infrasound and ultrasound combination. That combination causes nausea, and the person loses the ability to concentrate. That kind of system was used in South Africa during the apartheid government for prison interrogations. Whether the system is LRAD or non-targeted loudspeaker-based is not known. 

There is a possibility that the Delta Force used an acoustic system called “brain jammer”. That system uses acoustic waves. To fall people. To sleep. That kind of system. Makes it possible to complete raids on difficult targets. Those systems are also suitable for solving hostage situations. There is also a possibility to use acoustic waves for “Rapid Transition: Research indicates that falling asleep is not a slow, gradual process, but rather a sudden shift, or "tipping point," where the brain quickly transitions from a waking state to a sleep state.” Or, that’s one version of the acoustic wave use in special situations. 

The LRAD (Long-Range Acoustic Device) can be installed in a helicopter. Like the MH-6 "Little Bird" spotlight. That system can send highly accurate acoustic waves to the target. 

Above: Maybe the secretive weapon that was used in the Maduro case was based on this technology. MIT News

NY-Post Topics. 

Below:LRAD weaponized cone of sound.

LRAD weaponized cone of sound. (ResearchGate)

There is a possibility that the U.S. troops used those systems to disturb the Maduro guards' sleep. And that made the mission easier to complete. The electric shutdown tells. About some kind of electromagnetic system. So maybe. Those systems use a combination of radio, microwave, and acoustic systems. To knock out enemy guards, shut down communication, and alarm systems. Details of those systems are secretive. 

But acoustic systems can be deadlier than anybody expected. Along with stroboscopic light that is synchronized with EEG-alpha waves, that system can cause epileptic symptoms. Researchers also found the wave. That puts a person to sleep. A weapon system uses that noise. The targeted person simply sleeps in that moment. That opens the road for attackers. 

There is an interesting detail in the acoustic, subliminal systems. Those systems can be used to give orders to enemy troops. There are so many suicide cases in the Russian army, and sometimes it is suspected that Russians or their opponents can give commands to soldiers to commit suicide. If the system operator uses infrasound loudspeakers. It's possible. To incite an enemy or another targeted person. To make things that they don’t otherwise do. 

https://www.criticalts.com/articles/what-is-lrad-and-how-to-use-it/

https://news.mit.edu/2024/startup-elemind-helps-people-fall-asleep-0925

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02091-1

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63385-1

https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/trump-reveals-to-the-post-secret-discombobulator-weapon-was-crucial-to-venezuelan-raid-on-maduro/

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/LRAD-weaponized-cone-of-sound_fig1_347576544

https://www.twz.com/air/night-stalker-mh-6-little-birds-ability-to-appear-out-of-nowhere-highlighted-in-tanker-raid

https://www.twz.com/air/this-is-what-the-night-stalkers-mh-60m-direct-action-penetrator-brought-to-the-venezuelan-op

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range_acoustic_device

The weak point of NATO is its northern archipelago.

Russian Kilo-class submarine on its run. 

The archipelago between Canada and Greenland is huge. That is also a good place to operate with smaller compact diesel-electric submarines. Like a Russian Kilo-class boat. Kilo and its successor, Lada class submarines, are a small, quiet, and heavily armed submarines that can carry hypersonic “Kalibr” missiles. Those submarines can try to use those missiles against British cities and military installations. And in some visions, the small diesel-electric submarines try to use the British archipelago as a shield. 

There, they will shoot the hypersonic missiles. Against the targets in British territory. There is a transformation from that model. The Russian submarines can use an Arctic archipelago as a shield. And then try to get their launching positions from the Hudson Bay or Newfoundland-Labrador areas. 

It’s possible that Russia plans to make the nuclear-powered variant of those submarines. The Soviet-era Alfa-class submarine technology can be modified to use in a Kilo- or Lada-class submarine hull. The submarine can wait in that archipelago and then follow the Greenland coastline. Most of the Kalibr missiles. Those that were used in Syria. Were shot. From Kilo-class boats. 

And shoots NATO bases with hypersonic missiles. If that submarine can enter the Hudson Bay, that point can offer it a position to launch missiles against the coastal bases. Or, if the submarine can enter the Newfoundland and Labrador peninsula, it can launch cruise missiles with a range of 660 or even 2500 kilometers against the U.S. bases. 

The risk of using this archipelago as a point, where a nuclear missile submarine can lurk and shoot its missiles, came to the strategist's mind when the Argus sea patrol aircraft found the Soviet Hotel-class submarine on the surface run near Newfoundland on 24 February 1972. There was a fire onboard. In that submarine. And it must surface. This is known as the “K-19 incident”. The scenario is that the nuclear submarine travels below the northern ice cap to that arcipelago and then shoots its ballistic missiles at the USA. The worst threat is the situation where the nuclear missile submarine can travel to Hudson Bay and shoot its missiles. 

Hotel-class submarine on surface run, 800 miles from Newfoundland. 

The northern archipelago. 

"A U.S. Army Special Forces paratrooper conducts a high-altitude low-opening military freefall jump with an MK–54 SADM" (Wikipedia, Special Atomic Demolition Munition)

"SADM in its carry bag" (Special Atomic Demolition Munition" (Wikipedia, Special Atomic Demolition Munition)

The Alfa was a compact, fast, and deadly nuclear submarine that used a lead-bismuth cooled, beryllium-moderated reactor. The speed of that submarine was 41 knots. The technology used in Alfa can be mounted on the Lada or Kilo-class submarine. The system can use the same reactor. The Poseidon torpedo, which gives that underwater drone a speed of 100 knots. 

Or. Those diesel-electric submarines can also be pulled to that operational area by using cargo ships or nuclear submarines. The submarine. That which hides in the Arctic archipelago can shoot missiles. Against early warning radars and the NATO bases in Greenland. 

Another threat is the Russian giant Poseidon. Or a Status-6 torpedo with a 100-200 mt warhead lurks in that archipelago. If that warhead detonates, the system can create a tsunami; the water condenses through those straits. Or the torpedo travels to the southern point of Greenland and detonates itself. In some models, those systems can hide between those islands. The submarine that operates those torpedoes can travel around Greenland and then shoot them through the Baffin Bay. 

That northern area. With a very low population. And a large icy desert.  Makes it possible to send paratroopers to that area, or those operators can also operate from submarines. They can operate as agent-saboteurs. Modern equipment makes it possible. That even a small group of men can cause horrible destruction. 

Or they can take other hostile actions. Like, try to kidnap people and mark the early warning radars. Or they could install systems that can record or destroy those early warning radar stations. Special forces can use the EMP bombs or SADM Special Atomic Demolition Munitions, or “Briefcase nukes” against the NATO bases at Greenland. Those weapons are easy to hide. Near those targets, and then the radio signal can detonate them. 

That kind of way to use small nuclear bombs also makes it possible that the third party can get those portable nukes in their hands. In the worst cases. Somebody connects the SADM detonator to a warship. And then detonate that system in some NATO harbour. In some other simulations, those mini-nukes can be detonated in Greenland ice. That detonation can put. Thousands of tonnes of ice. To move to the sea. That can cause a large tsunami. Those tsunamis can endanger Nuuk city, bases, and ships. If they are under a tsunami. 

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/04/russias-black-hole-kilo-class-submarine-had-just-1-job/

https://defensefeeds.com/military-tech/navy/submarines/kilo-class-submarine/

https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/kilo-class-the-russian-black-hole-submarine-ukraine-crippled-with-sub-sea-baby-underwater-drones/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfa-class_submarine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel-class_submarine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalibr_(missile_family)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Atomic_Demolition_Munition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilo-class_submarine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidon_(unmanned_underwater_vehicle)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-19

New autonomous task units are entering service.

"The deal will create much-needed competition for the Department of War acquisition process. (Representational image)" (Interesting Engineering)

The U.S. Navy has a 200-foot-long (approximately 61 m) autonomous surface vehicle that can advance its combat capacity. The large sea drones. They can carry large and flexible computer systems that can allow them to operate independently.  Those computers can run complicated and effective algorithms. And those systems can operate as independent kamikaze-drones. Robot missile boats and a platform for flying drones. Those systems can be dangerous to all other vehicles. And they might also have a role as cargo systems. The system is basically similar to the Ukrainian Sea Baby drone, which successfully operated in Simferopol harbour. 

There is also a possibility that those large robot vehicles can act as development platforms for larger and more sophisticated systems. The sea drone, like autonomous surface vehicles (ASV) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), can have an unlimited operational range. If those systems use a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) that gives electricity to the electric engines. This gives the system virtually unlimited operational range. There is a possibility that things like Orca-class drones can have that kind of propulsion system. 

"Multi Mission Uncrewed Surface Vessel." (Interesting Engineering)

The first hydrogen-powered drones are operating in Ukraine. And they seem promising. Those drones use fuel cells. And the thing. That makes them interesting. It is because. Hydrogen. It is easy to produce. Using electrolysis. 

If we think about. The larger underwater and surface drones use radioisotope batteries. That can be connected. Into a series. As chemical batteries. Those systems can operate theoretically indefinitely. There is possiblity that those drones carry sub-drones that can use hydrogen as fuel. That means that those drones can create. The hydrogen for those flying or underwater swarming drones. By using electrolysis. There is also a possibility. That, quite soon, we will see full-size submarine drones. They might carry supercomputers for running algorithms. The large size, nuclear-powered drone can operate in the same missions as a manned submarine. 

Those drones can operate on hydrogen-powered versions of the Shahed drones or their jet-powered variants. The drone can use hydrogen in the fuel cell. Or it can use hydrogen-powered ramjet engines. In that case, the hypersonic drone or missile must be launched. From the platform, using a rocket, which accelerates the drone to a speed of about Mach 1.

And of course, hydrogen can be used as fuel for the regular piston engines. But, if the thing. Like. An aircraft carrier can have hydrogen-powered aircraft or an air wing. It can create hydrogen from water. By using electrolysis. That gives unlimited operational capacity to those aircraft. 

https://interestingengineering.com/military/unmanned-ships-with-most-advanced-autonomy-us

https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-uncrewed-surface-vessel-warfare-power

https://interestingengineering.com/videos/this-drone-runs-on-hydrogen-and-its-fighting-in-donbas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_underwater_vehicle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Shark_(submarine)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JARI_USV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_surface_vehicle

FP-5 Flamingo: poor man’s cruise missile.

The Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo is an example of the ability to create a cheap cruise missile using spare parts. The large-sized drone has the capability to target locations up to 3,500 km away from the launch site. The drone itself is not very high-tech. It has an infrared camera. That helps to aim it at the target. The fact is that the IR sensor. It might be connected to the AI-based system, which helps the missile to recognize the target. Or. The agents can use. Some kind of small drone. With an infrared LED to mark the target for that missile. 

The missile requires only the location of the launching point. And then the missile can be used. An inertial navigation system with GPS. Then, in the last part of the journey. The missile starts to use an IR sensor. The system can actually operate with the same guidance system as the famous Javelin missile. Javelin is a much smaller anti-tank weapon. But the same programs and computers can be used in larger missiles. 

Those large missiles can carry large warheads. But they can also carry cluster or small kamikaze drones to target areas. The FP-5 Flamingo can also carry things. Like other missiles. Those missiles can take out radars. The large drone can also carry some kind of ECM systems. The warhead is about. 1000 kg-class high explosive. 

The FP-5 Flamingo might seem quite an easy target. But. We know that there are lots of things. That is not told about that weapon. Things. Like, its homing and target-seeking protocols are not published. The AI can give it the ability to make evasive maneuvers. But that is guessing. The fact is this. If those missiles are so easy targets, why do they not fail their missions? Another thing is that. Those missiles are an example. Of how fast the drone’s R&D cycle is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-5_Flamingo