Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13

Will 'Diversity' Beat 1st Amendment in Round 2?
Dec 5th, 2012
Daily NewsWND
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

“It should be concerning to all Americans that officials at a public institution such as the University of Toledo believe they can fire someone for violating the university’s ‘value system’ even though such actions clearly violate the Constitution,” said David Yerushalmi of the American Freedom Law Center.

“This case only reinforces the fact that the liberal idea of ‘diversity’ is code for the tyranny of political correctness.”

U.S.Eisenhower Aircraft Carrier Arrives Off Syrian Shore
Dec 5th, 2012
Daily Newsdebkafile
Categories: Today's Headlines;Warning

The USS Eisenhower Strike Group transited the Suez Canal from the Persian Gulf Saturday, Dec. 1, sailing up to the Syrian coast Tuesday in a heavy storm, with 8 fighter bomber squadrons of Air Wing Seven on its decks and 8,000 sailors, airmen and Marines.
The USS Eisenhower group joins the USS Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group which carries 2,500 Marines.

Facing Syria now are 10,000 US fighting men, 70 fighter-bombers and at least 17 warships, including the three Iwo Jima amphibious craft, a guided missile cruiser and 10 destroyers and frigates.
Four of these vessels are armed with Aegis missile interceptors.
This mighty US armada brings immense pressure to bear on the beleaguered Assad regime after it survied an almost two-year buffeting by an armed uprising. Its presence indicates that the United States now stands ready for direct military intervention in the Syrian conflict when the weather permits.
Left behind in the Persian Gulf is just one US aircraft carrier, the USS Stennis and its strike group.

Welcoming NATO’s decision Tuesday, Dec. 4, to deploy Patriot missile batteries in Turkey, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday: “The protection from NATO will be three dimensional; one is the short-range Patriots, the second is the middle-range Terminal High Altitude Air Defense [THAD] system and the last is the AEGIS system, which counters missiles that can reach outside the atmosphere.”
debkafile’s military sources: While the Patriot is land-based and will be deployed on the Turkish-Syrian border, the THAD and the Aegis have just reached the Syrian coast aboard the USS Eisenhower strike group.
“With this integrated system,” said Davutoglu, Turkey will have maximum protection.”

He added: “The Syrian regime has 700 missiles,” and their location, storage method and holders are no secret to Ankara. This was the first time Ankara had made threats to destroy Syrian missiles, including any carrying chemical warheads.

Rebels Appear to be Closing in on Syria's Assad
Dec 5th, 2012
Daily NewsINN - Chana Ya'ar
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues;Warning

Syrian opposition forces captured a military air field, as well as the army's 22nd Brigade air defense base, both just outside Damascus.

The capture, accomplished by the Free Syrian Army, was described by the pan-Arab Al-Arabiya news network as “an important military achievement.”

Rebel forces have also cut off a sprawling military base outside of Aleppo. Some 450 loyalist soldiers have been trapped inside since Tuesday with their water supply shot out. But rather than simply leveling the base, rebel spokesman Ali Jadian told the U.S.-based CNN news network the opposition wanted to give them a chance to defect.

As rebel forces close in on President Bashar al-Assad, the likelihood grows exponentially that he will lose control over the thousands of various types of lethal weapons stockpiled across the country -- a concern that has become the primary focus of the international community, and especially the nations bordering Syria - including Israel.

On Tuesday NATO approved Turkey's request for deployment of a Patriot anti-missile defense system along its border with Syria. "Today NATO agreed to augment Turkey's air defense by deploying Patriot missiles to Turkey,” said NATO Secretary-General Anders Figh Rasmussen. “Turkey has asked for NATO's support and we stand with Turkey in the spirit of strong solidarity. To the Turkish people we say we are determined to defend you and your territory. To anyone who would want to attack Turkey, we say, 'don't even think about it.'”

Fierce fighting between Syrian government forces and rebel factions has spilled over into every country along Syria's borders.

Turkey has scrambled fighter jets several times to return fire when Syrian Army artillery has aimed at Turkish villages. Likewise, Israeli Defense Force soldiers have returned fire under similar circumstances in recent weeks.

On Wednesday, a refugee camp in the Damascus area was “showered by mortar shells, leaving between eight and 12 dead, including children and a teacher,” according to Alexia Jade, a spokeswoman for the opposition in the capital.

"I cannot say if this area was state loyal,” she told CNN, but noted that it was inhabited by refugees from the Golan Heights whose relatives had suffered from government shelling in southern Damascus.

It was not clear who had fired the mortars.

As the clashes in the capital have further chipped away at the few loyalists who remain in Assad's administration, concerns are also growing over Syria's chemical weapons arsenal.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the Syrian regime on Wednesday of “huge consequences” if it should decide to use such weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). "I again urge in the strongest possible terms that they must not consider using this kind of deadly weapons of mass destruction,” Ban said on the sidelines of conference he is attending in Qatar. “I have warned that if in any case these should be used, then there will be huge consequences.”

Among the chemical agents believed to be held in Syria's stockpile are mustard gas, a blistering agent, and the lethal nerve agents VX and sarin, according to various analysts. Engineers working for Assad’s regime have begun combining the two chemical precursors needed to weaponize sarin gas, an American official with knowledge of the situation told Wired.com’s 'Danger Room' on Monday.

Rasmussen echoed the warnings from U.S. President Barack Obama that the Syrian government may indeed be considering using such weaponry to end the conflict.

"We know that Syria possesses missiles. We know they have chemical weapons and of course, they also have to be included in our calculations,” the NATO chief told reporters. “This is also the reason why it is a matter of urgency to ensure effective defense and protection of our ally Turkey.”

At least 155 people were killed in Syria on Tuesday, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria activist group

Nine Christians Killed, Four Churches Burned in Nigeria
Dec 5th, 2012
Daily NewsCompass Direct News
Categories: Today's Headlines;Persecution

Lagos, Dec. 4  — Nine Christians were killed and four Churches burned in two separate Dec. 1 attacks in northeast Nigeria by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamist group.

The Christians and a Muslim were killed in Kwaple village, Chibok Local Government Area of Borno state when the Islamic group members went on rampage and burned 20 houses and a Church in the area, while three Churches were burned in Gamboru Ngala.

“I have just received a message from my people at Chibok and Gamboru Ngala that four of our Churches were attacked by the militants this morning and 10 people killed at Kwaple in Chibok LGA,” the Borno State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Titus Pona, said in a text message to the association’s president on Dec. 2.

Nuhu Clark, a former Chibok local government area council chairman, said the attackers entered the village at about 9 p.m. Saturday, then torched houses before using guns and machetes to kill their victims.

“Most of the victims were buried today,” Clark said on Sunday. “It is unfortunate that such could happen in such a peaceful village.”

According to Pona, the attackers burned The Church of the Brethren, Church of Christ in Nigeria, and Deeper Life Church Gamboru Ngala, and another Church of the Brethren in Chibok.

“It is clearly an attack on Christians by the Boko Haram members in a local government that that is predominantly Christian,” said a Christian leader in the region, who requested anonymity because churches had agreed that only the Christian Association of Nigeria chairman would speak to the press. “The government is worried about the implication of this attack and is offering to support the rebuilding of the affected Churches.”

The State governor met Monday with state and local officials of the Christian association, the local government area council, and community leaders. They determined how to support the affected families.

“The affected families will be compensated, though life cannot be paid for,” said the anonymous Christian leader. “The attack by members of the Islamic group, who are apparently not from the community, was unjustified and we have the assurance of the government that necessary measures will be taken to prevent a reoccurrence.”

Sunday Oibe, spokesman for the northern group of the Christian Association of Nigeria, decried the continued attacks on Christians, which he said were not getting enough attention from the government.

“What people get to hear is just a fraction of the attacks Christians are subjected to,” Oibe said. “It is unfortunate that when the (Christian Association of Nigeria) president comments on the issue, they accuse him of not being sensitive or raising false alarm. We cannot continue to keep quiet in the face of provocative attacks like last Saturday’s attack in Borno.”

Borno State is the headquarters of the Boko Haram group that has launched various terrorist attacks in the country, killing hundreds.

Let the Headlines Speak
Dec 5th, 2012
Daily NewsFrom the Internet
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

China to Continue to Make Ties with Russia a Priority: Wen
Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday on his arrival in Moscow that China will continue to make relations with Russia one of its priorities. Wen made the remarks in a written speech delivered at the airport Wednesday evening after a visit to Kyrgyzstan, where the Chinese premier attended the prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

'Israel has the right to respond to provocative PA moves'
Netanyahu heads to Germany to meet with Merkel, will ask EU to use its influence with Palestinians to prevent further unilateral steps; officials in Europe downplay talk of sanctions against Israel.

Putin to visit Brussels as 'Eurasian Union' leader
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to attend the EU-Russia summit in Brussels later this month. But he will make sure his hosts welcome him as the representative of the Eurasian Union - Putin's pet geopolitical project, which bears similarities to the EU.

Abbas: New Israeli settlements 'red line'
An Israeli-Palestinian showdown over plans for new Jewish settlements around Jerusalem escalated on Wednesday. Israel pushed the most contentious of the projects further along in the planning pipeline, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he would seek UN Security Council help to block the construction.

The Government Has Your Emails, All Of Them
A National Security Administration whistle-blower said in a recent interview that the U.S. government collects massive troves of data about American citizens, which it could use against anyone it chooses. Speaking with RT, William Binney, a former NSA mathematician and code breaker, said that the Federal government uses a powerful data collection tool to store the contents of virtually every email sent by anyone in the Nation. “[T]he FBI has access to the data collected, which is basically the e-mails of virtually everybody in the country. And the FBI has access to it.

Obama Meets Sharpton, Maddow to Talk Tax Rates
The Standard quoted the tweets of Post reporter Jennifer Bendery who was at the White House and apparently saw both Maddow and Sharpton entering. Maddow reportedly joked with the reporter she was there for a "hippie cabal." Later, she wondered if it was an "MSNBC lovefest."

Magnetic Highway Has Voyager 1 In Its Grip
NASA announced at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco on Monday that its Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a region of space no other spacecraft has reached before. After 35 years, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a new region of deep space known as a magnetic highway for charged particles. In this region, our sun’s magnetic field lines are connected to interstellar magnetic field lines.

US Senate passes $631 billion defense bill — including new sanctions on Iran
The US Senate overwhelmingly approved a sweeping, $631 billion defense bill Tuesday that sends a clear signal to President Barack Obama to move quickly to get US combat troops out of Afghanistan, tightens sanctions on Iran and limits the president’s authority in handling terror suspects.

Swiss spy agency warns U.S., Britain about huge data leak
Intelligence agencies in the United States and Britain are among those who were warned by Swiss authorities that their data could have been put in jeopardy, said one of the sources, who asked for anonymity when discussing sensitive information.

Warm temperatures are causing plants to bloom in December
Plants and trees have begun budding and leafing around southern Colorado, something experts say could be detrimental to their growth during the springtime. “It takes energy from the roots that should be used next spring when the weather does warm up. So they’ve lost some food or energy for next spring,” said Dan Robinson, nursery manager at Spencer’s Lawn & Garden in Colorado Springs.

Earthquake southwest of Trinidad
The USGS says that earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains, although less frequent than in the West, are typically felt over a much broader region. East of the Rockies, an earthquake can be felt over an area as much as ten times larger than a similar magnitude earthquake on the west coast. A magnitude 4.0 eastern U.S. earthquake typically can be felt at many places as far as 60 miles from where it occurred, and it infrequently causes damage near its source.

Scientists Warn Of Major Earthquakes In Himalayas And Pacific Northwest
Scientists at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco this week reported that the Himalayas and Pacific Northwest could experience major earthquakes. Researchers have begun studying the complexity of the Himalayan range in greater detail, particularly the fault that separates the two plates known as the Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT).

Alaska Earthquake Produces Aftershock
Alaska's largest city experienced another earthquake on Tuesday, but it was not nearly as strong as the one that shook the Anchorage area on Monday and knocked items off shelves. Tuesday's earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 3.2 and was felt in Anchorage and the community of Eagle River 10 miles to the north.

Assad fortifying Alawite state on coast with help from Iran, Russia
President Bashar Assad has been quietly forming a military bastion along the Syrian coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Opposition sources said the Assad regime has been transferring military assets along the Mediterranean coast in what appeared to mark preparations for a separate Alawite-ruled enclave. They said Iran and Russia were helping with military assets and training forces to defend the coastal region should the rebels capture Damascus.

Israel pushing ahead with new settlement plans, despite world pressure
The Higher Planning Council of the Israel Defense Forces' Civil Administration in the West Bank met Wednesday morning to push ahead with plans to construct 3,400 new homes in the E-1 corridor between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem, despite the international pressure on Israel to reverse the decision.

Death toll from Philippine typhoon passes 280
Stunned parents searching for missing children examined a row of mud-stained bodies covered with banana leaves while survivors dried their soaked belongings on roadsides Wednesday, a day after a powerful typhoon killed more than 280 people in the southern Philippines. Officials fear more bodies may be found as rescuers reach hard-hit areas that were isolated by landslides, floods and downed communications.

Syrian civil war spills into Lebanon
Gunmen loyal to opposite sides in neighboring Syria's civil war battled in the streets of northern Lebanon on Wednesday, and the death toll from two days of fighting was at least five killed and 45 wounded, officials said. The Lebanese army fanned out in the city of Tripoli to calm the fighting, with soldiers patrolling the streets in armored personnel carriers and manning checkpoints. Authorities closed major roads because of sniper fire.

Israel accuses US of backing European settlement backlash
Five European countries, including Britain, have registered formal protests with Israeli ambassadors over last week’s decision by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to build 3,000 settlers’ homes and develop an area of the West Bank that could render a Palestinian state unviable. Along with Australia and Brazil, they were joined by Egypt, threatening to destabilise its fragile regional relations.

Egypt's Mursi leaves palace as police battle protesters
Egyptian police battled thousands of protesters outside President Mohamed Mursi's palace in Cairo on Tuesday, prompting the Islamist leader to leave the building, presidency sources said. Officers fired teargas at up to 10,000 demonstrators angered by Mursi's drive to hold a referendum on a new constitution on December 15. Some broke through police lines around his palace and protested next to the perimeter wall.

'Black Swan' Storms: Extreme Cyclones Linked to Warming Seas
A "black swan" cyclone may sound like the latest comic book hero, but this "extreme of the extremes" is the result of climate models that suggest global warming will make future hurricanes more intense. The rare monster tropical cyclones (the term for hurricanes, typhoons and other tropical storms) could inundate coastal areas with storm surges greater than 15 feet (4.6 meters), and could even surpass 30 feet (9 m) in some regions of the world.

Earthquake swarms could indicate eruption near Nisyros, Greece
A seismic swarm of 2000 microearthquakes near the island of Nisyros since 24 November could indicate a start of a or coming of a volcanic eruption near Nisyros. The quakes are located between the area of Simi Island (Greece) and the Bozburun peninsula of SW Turkey.

Huawei hits back over US 'security threat' claim
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has hit back at US politicians who labelled it a security threat. A senior executive told the BBC that Huawei should not be treated unfairly just because it was Chinese. In October the United States House Intelligence Committee warned US companies against dealing with Huawei and another Chinese telecoms firm, ZTE.

'Everyone in US under virtual surveillance' - NSA whistleblower
The FBI records the emails of nearly all US citizens, including members of congress, according to NSA whistleblower William Binney. In an interview with RT, he warned that the government can use this information against anyone.

More than 200 dead in Philippine typhoon
The death toll from a powerful typhoon in the southern Philippines climbed to more than 200 people Wednesday and officials feared many more bodies could be found as rescuers reach hard-hit areas that had been isolated by landslides, floods and downed communications.

Why the Military Is Unlikely to Intervene in Egypt’s Messy Power Struggle
If a cabal of Egyptian generals had been planning a coup, their moment to strike should be imminent. Tuesday saw new clashes between police and tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators outside Cairo’s presidential palace as a constitutional deadlock hardened into a not-yet-violent civil war between Islamists and their rivals–and as political camps brought their supporters onto the streets ahead of a Dec. 15 referendum on a controversial draft constitution.

Fiscal cliff offers hint at more defense cuts
House Republicans' "fiscal cliff" counteroffer to President Barack Obama hints at billions of dollars in military cuts on top of the nearly $500 billion that the White House and Congress backed last year, and even the fiercest defense hawks acknowledge that the Pentagon faces another financial hit.

Russia May Finally Be Willing to Push Assad Out of Syria
Vladimir Putin (who is alive and well!) met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan yesterday and reportedly signaled that Russia may be willing to push for a new plan to peacefully remove Bashar al-Assad from power in Syria.

Jerusalem Mayor: No City in World Regulated By U.S. President
Dec 5th, 2012
Daily NewsINN - Rachael Hirshfeld
Categories: Today's Headlines;Commentary;The Nation Of Israel

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat expressed support on Monday for the Israeli government’s plan to build 3,000 additional housing units in the E1 section between Jerusalem and Maaleh Adumim, Israel Hayom reported.

Speaking in Herzliya at a conference on the subject of affordable housing, Barkat told the audience: “We need to connect the E1 area to Jerusalem without any reservations at all, even with the world pressuring us not to do so. I certainly back the prime minister’s position on this. I don’t know of any city in the world whose regulator is the U.S. president.”

Reacting to Israel’s new construction plans, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, “Let me reiterate that this administration—like previous administrations—has been very clear with Israel that these activities set back the cause of a negotiated peace.”

Barkat said he was surprised by the overtly negative and hostile reaction of European countries, including Britain, France, Sweden, Denmark and Spain, summoned the Israeli ambassadors in their respective capitals to protest the plans.

“When the world talks about a freeze in Jerusalem, I ask, a freeze on what? On the billions we invest in east Jerusalem? Should we stop construction for Arabs, Christians or Jews? Or does someone mean that when an entrepreneur approaches me, I should, heaven forbid, ask him what religion he subscribes to so he can receive a permit to build in Jerusalem? That would be horrendous and it negates even U.S. law,” he said.

On Tuesday, government secretary Tzvi Hauser responded to the international criticism, saying that the government of Israel remains committed to Jewish interests in Jerusalem.

“If someone thinks that Israel will avoid building in neighborhoods in its capital city due to reprimands or pressure, that person does not fully grasp Israel’s interests in the region,” he told Kol Yisrael radio.

“We are not talking about a little stone in the desert. We are talking about Jerusalem," he added.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has affirmed that Israel will not back down due to international pressure.

"We continue to insist on our vital interests, even under international pressure…There will be no change in the decision that has been made,” a source in the Prime Minister’s Office said earlier this week.

Speaking at a National Public Diplomacy Forum Tuesday, the prime minister reaffirmed that Israel’s “public diplomacy mission is to explain that the root of this conflict is not territorial.”

Remaining resolute, Netanyahu added, “It is over our very existence in any borders whatsoever.”

Iran Aims Biological Warheads At Israel
Dec 5th, 2012
Daily NewsWND - By Reza Kahlili
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel;Warning

Iran has 170 ballistic missiles aimed at Tel Aviv, many with biological warheads, WND has learned.

According to a source who served in Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and who recently defected, the Islamic regime has 170 missiles targeted at Tel Aviv from underground silos, some of which are armed with biological warheads.

The Islamic regime ruling Iran has prepared for the total destruction of Israel as well as a capability to target European capitals, he said.

As reported in the Washington Times in August, a commentary in Mashregh, the media outlet of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, confirmed that the Islamic regime not only has weapons of mass destruction but has armed its terrorist proxies with them, including Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad. The commentary warned Israel that if the fighting in Syria does not stop, an all-out attack on the Jewish state will be launched and that at zero hour, Tel Aviv will be the first city to be destroyed.

The CIA has long warned about Iran’s growing missile threat, and in 2010, Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Congress of Iran’s capability of launching a salvo of missiles, even at European capitals. U.S. intelligence officials believe those missiles could be tipped with biological or chemical warheads.

A senior Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, warned then that Tel Aviv “will burn to ashes,” and the regime’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, promised “the superfluous and fake Zionist regime will disappear from the landscape of geography.”

The source, talking to WND, confirmed that Iran has made significant advances on several fronts – chemical, biological, nuclear and electronic warfare – and that the regime is looking at the deterioration in Syria and the possibility of an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities with the intent of setting Israel and the region on fire.

The regime is adamant about its support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the source said, and is working on its nuclear weapons program at several sites unknown to the West. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the source said, is on the wrong track by focusing only on the Natanz and Fordo nuclear sites.

There are more than 70 North Korean military advisers and scientists working in Iran on the country’s defense projects, including work on a plutonium bomb, the source said.

The Associated Press reported exclusively last week that the Islamic regime’s scientists have worked on a design for a plutonium bomb with three times the explosive force of what was used on Hiroshima.

An exclusive report by WND revealed that a secret nuclear site, code name Valayat 1, had been constructed at an underground facility in the outskirts of Najafabad in Isfahan Province. Iranian scientists there were working on a neutron detonator and implosion system along with separating plutonium for an implosion-type fission bomb.

The source also verified the existence of the Valayat 1 nuclear bomb project and the underground facility at that site.

Days ago, Secretary of the State Hillary Clinton offered bilateral talks on Iran’s nuclear program, but Ali Saeidi, the supreme leader’s representative in the Revolutionary Guards, rejected the proposal.

“In the negotiations that America pursues, there is no positive outcome for Iran as the matters between America and Iran on the strategic level are so vast there can’t be any negotiations,” Saeidi said. “America is after its dominance of the world and will never give up its nature … surely in their negotiations, they want Iran to give up its support of Hezbollah in Lebanon, resistance in Palestine, the regional movements and worldwide Shiites.”

Khamenei, in a speech to navy commanders last week on the country’s military achievements, said, “A look at the situation and the recent events in the region and the world clearly shows the upper hand of the Islamic republic of Iran.”

A close adviser to the supreme leader, Alireza Panahian, also last week in a speech widely covered by the regime, said “victory for the faithful” is close.

“Based on the recent events and the expansion of the Islamic movement in the region … and based on logical calculation, the coming is upon us and in the coming years everything will be finished,” he said, adding that with the regime’s leadership, the coming of the last Islamic Messiah, the Shiites’ 12th Imam, is soon and a certainty. Shiites believe Mahdi’s coming will be preceded by Armageddon.

From Science Fiction to Reality - Boeing Tests First Missile With Electromagnetic Pulse Capability
Dec 5th, 2012
Daily NewsThedailymail.co.uk
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Down the years and across the universe, the heroes of science-fiction classics from Dan Dare to Star Wars and The Matrix have fought intergalactic battles with weapons that wipe out enemy electronics at the touch of a button.

Now scientists have turned fantasy into reality by developing a missile that targets buildings with microwaves that disable computers but don’t harm people.

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing successfully tested the weapon on a one-hour flight during which it knocked out the computers of an entire military compound in the Utah desert.

It is thought the missile could penetrate the bunkers and caves believed to be hiding Iran’s suspected nuclear facilities.

But experts have warned that, in the wrong hands, the technology could be used to bring Western cities such as London to their knees.

During Boeing’s experiment, the missile flew low over the Utah Test and Training Range, discharging electromagnetic pulses on to seven targets, permanently shutting down their electronics.

Boeing said that the test was so successful even the camera recording it was disabled.

In the clip, a stealth aircraft deploys a missile that emits radio waves from its undercarriage which knock out the computer systems inside the buildings below.

Although the project is shrouded in secrecy, experts believe the missile is equipped with an electromagnetic pulse cannon.

This uses a super-powerful microwave oven to generate a concentrated beam of energy which causes voltage surges in electronic equipment, rendering them useless before surge protectors have the chance to react.

Keith Coleman, CHAMP programme manager for Boeing’s prototype arm Phantom Works, said the technology marked ‘a new era in modern warfare’.

He added: ‘In the near future, this technology may be used to render an enemy’s electronic and data systems useless even before the first troops or aircraft arrive.

‘We hit every target we wanted and made science fiction into science fact. When the computers went out, it actually took out the cameras as well. It was fantastic.’