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To: progunner

Electomagnetic pulse caused by detonating a nuclear device high in the atmosphere.

It renders all electronic technology unusable.


27 posted on 04/29/2016 1:11:38 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: chris37

You are truly unusable


29 posted on 04/29/2016 1:18:42 PM PDT by progunner (no compromise)
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To: chris37
Not all. It mostly affects stuff connected to the power grid.

I used to design devices for military satellites that had to withstand a 1 megarad radiation dose from an atomic bomb, so I have some knowledge of what this stuff does to electronics.

Many cars would still be running, for example, in contradiction to the movies and fiction books about EMP.

37 posted on 04/29/2016 1:41:29 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (AMERICA IS DONE! When can we start over?)
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