Empyrean Defense Research
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Unclassified, open-source, physics-backed analysis from the Empyrean Defense Wargaming & Simulation Cyber Range. Every assumption stated. Every run reproducible. No gating, no sponsorships, no sales pitch.
Research·43 min read
High-Powered Microwave (HPM): From Hard Kill to Residual Risk
3,400 Monte Carlo runs reveal HPM's service-rate ceiling, residual warhead hazard, and cascade failure against 40-400 drone swarms.
HPMhigh-power microwavecounter-UASdirected energydrone swarm
Research·48 min read
The Devil Dog and the Dragon: USMC IADS vs. PLARF Cruise Missile Saturation
USMC MRIC vs 60 CJ-10 cruise missiles: 92.7% kill rate, then magazine exhaustion at T+28:37. The Marines need more rounds.
MRICSkyHunterUSMCMarine CorpsIADS
Research·34 min read
Quantifying Layered Naval Defense Against Hypersonic Glide Vehicles
DF-17 HGV vs Arleigh Burke: 50 Monte Carlo seeds, SM-6 at 23% kill rate, PAC-3 at zero. The timeline is the constraint.
hypersonic defensenaval defenseDF-17HGVhypersonic glide vehicle
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