[CodeToad]

“The electronics of planes are generally not designed to deal with that at all - with military aircraft a possible exception. “

Let me give you the bottom half of my professional signature line: “Airborne/Navigation, Aircraft Safety Critical Embedded Systems”. So, let me correct you: The energy levels induced by EMP pale in comparison to lightening induced energy levels and aircraft systems will handle either just fine.

If EMP was a realistic weapon we would have them. No military would go without a weapon that could destroy all things electronic and electrical. That would be a Godsend. The actual information regarding such a subject is obviously classified, but suffice it to say, we don’t have such weapons.

[Quix]

Wellllllllllllll CodeToad;

I didn’t realize you had a

NEED TO KNOW

about 100% OF EVERYTHING in our entire arsenal etc.

How often does God line up at your window to get

HIS Omniscient card stamped?

[Lazamataz]

If EMP was a realistic weapon we would have them. No military would go without a weapon that could destroy all things electronic and electrical. That would be a Godsend. The actual information regarding such a subject is obviously classified, but suffice it to say, we don’t have such weapons.

Hang on for a tick, CT. Remember, nuclear weapons DO cause EMP, that is KNOWN. We DO have EMP weapons, therefore, and they ARE realistic.

Now, let's understand that the hype about them is a little over the top, but the phenomenon is real and destructive.

Just not as destructive as the survival blogs claim.

In an EMP burst, even unprotected hardware has been known to survive, right in the EMP 'kill zone'. If EMP was actually performed by a terrorist state, I would wager only 20% of the equipment would be burned, and only then in a 300 mile radius -- IF they got everything right.

[DBrow]

“The energy levels induced by EMP pale in comparison to lightening induced energy levels”

I agree, Code Toad, but it’s not the energy so much as the rise time that causes the problems. The fast EMP pulse is much higher freq than lightning, so anything that’s influenced by rate will be vulnerable. An EMI filter designed for lightning protection on a digital comm line will pass the EMP pulse. I’ve done lots of Microstripes simulations of boxes and I’ve seen what works and what does not in terms of hardening.

Still, EMP is not the TEOTWAWKI that the people who push these stories think.