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This fellow breaks down what would be needed for an effective orbital DEW as well as the challenges that would need to be overcome.

Spoiler: Laser based weapons are doable but, he doesn't think this was done in Hawaii.

Personally, I'm not sure DEW was used in Hawaii but, I do know that the government is hiding something and likely have weapons tech beyond the parameters discussed here. The limitations however are due to the nature of the universe so even if the gov has better this video should still apply. The question becomes how did they overcome the limitations and to what degree.

This fellow breaks down what would be needed for an effective orbital DEW as well as the challenges that would need to be overcome. Spoiler: Laser based weapons are doable but, he doesn't think this was done in Hawaii. Personally, I'm not sure DEW was used in Hawaii but, I do know that the government is hiding something and likely have weapons tech beyond the parameters discussed here. The limitations however are due to the nature of the universe so even if the gov has better this video should still apply. The question becomes how did they overcome the limitations and to what degree.

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Yes. Everything in the atmosphere reflects the signal back. It's simply varying degrees of signal to noise. They've had this technology for decades.

random video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7TWAJ_bnhM

Now keep in mind, technically they could focus after they fire if the duration is longer than transit time. In turn using the weapon's reflection as the corrective signal. And if it's a pulse weapon, they can always use a modified signal from previous pulses. In addition to the fact that plasma is frequently created by this class of weapon which significantly reduces scatter and reflection.