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High volume system applications can be divided into two general categories: expendables and phased arrays. Both categories are described in terms of their individual systems and in terms of the volume potential as related to performance and affordability. The performance advantages provided by phased array systems have been covered extensively in the technical literature and will receive only a brief treatment here. Expendable systems represent new applications opportunities that are made feasible by the availability of inexpensive microwave components. Microwave decoys, smart munitions and weapons, and fuzes fall in the expendable category. An assessment of the military need for the various systems and the requisite affordability threshold is discussed.