AFRL Modifies THOR High Power Microwave System

The Air Force Research Laboratory is modifying its THOR high-powered microwave base defense system.
Credit: Brian Everstine
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico—When the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) sent its Tactical High Power Microwave Operational Responder (THOR) system downrange for an overseas assessment, the lab’s engineers back home did not want to sit still and wait for the system to come home, so they got...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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