New Air Force Magnetron May Help Defeat Enemy Electronics

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 23:28 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers funded by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research have invented a new type of magnetron that may be used to defeat enemy electronics. A magnetron is type of vacuum tube used as the frequency source in microwave ovens, radar systems and other high-power microwave circuits.

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