Microwave Weapon Undertakes Capstone Testing

The Air Force Research Laboratory and Office of Naval Research have begun capstone testing this summer for an improved microwave weapon, reports Popular Mechanics. 

The High-Powered Joint Electromagnetic Non-Kinetic Strike Weapon (HiJENKS) is in the midst of two months of capstone testing at Naval Air Station China Lake, Calif., at the end of a five-year program designed to advance microwave weapon technology, reported C4ISRNet earlier this month.

The weapon employs microwave...