E bomb capabilities?

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Y. pestis RE:E bomb capabilities? 3/17/2003 3:46:51 PM

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macawman RE:E bomb capabilities? 3/17/2003 10:24:56 PM

Think of as it in general terms as lightning bolt strikes over a large area, depending on the altitude it is detonated. The speed of an EMP wave is measured in u-seconds. While lightning speed is determined in miliseconds. We have electronic devices that can sense a lightning surge and prevent damage. There is nothing on the comercial market that can sense a power surge moving at usec. speed. Believe it or not, tube type electronic devices are less susceptible to Electro-Motive Pulse. One small nuclear test device explosion in the ionosphere took out transformers in Hawaii in the 50's that was over 1000 miles away. They never new what hit them.

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brit_view RE:E bomb capabilities? 12/13/2003 12:54:40 PM

Yes its great against electronic equipment, including medical equipment in hospitals.

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RE:E bomb capabilities? 2/6/2004 10:54:51 PM

All depends on the power of your device and the amount of shielding. Military hardware is shielded, as is vital civilian infrastructure (a hospital, for example). However, the civilian redundancy is not intended to guard against a military grade Electromagnetic Pulse. Even in military circuits, you likely you wont find protection plus, say, 50,000 volts. It becomes impractical to guard against massive detonations. In regards to your car, what year was it manufactured? If it features an electronic starter (post, what, late '70s?), your cooked (literally). Theres a book, "36 Minutes," which chronicles a hypothetical nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union (hence the title). Anyway, I mention it because in the first chapter he talks extensively about the effect of the EMP (our hero was outside the effective blast range)..

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