E-Bomb: The Electronic Weapon That Can Make a Plane “Disappear”

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[Kartographer]

Well another fine kettle of fish we ned to keep an eye on.

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

[clee1]

The antidote is called a Faraday cage. All good preppers keep sensitive electronics in it. And keeping a spare computer and ignition box for your F150 in there is a great idea as well.

[varmintman]

Or keep an old fashioned vehicle around with points/condenser ignition...

[fso301]

Sound far-fetched? It did not in 1993 to the owners of automobiles parked about 300 meters from a U.S. Defense Contractor’s EMP generator test site at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. Their alternators and electronic engine controls were accidentally fried by a pulse during classified field trials.

Yes it does sounds far fetched. A modern alternator shouldn't fry any more than one from a `68 Ford.

As far as other engine controls go, the engine compartment of an automobile is an extremely harsh environment. Perhaps if there was already a grounding problem something might get cooked. If the grounding is good, why should it cook? Since when do repair shops take great precautions when welding on a vehicle?

[mountainlion]

Radar could knock out some engines and radios also. High power lines could knock out some of the earl high energy ignitions but I think that has been fixed. Popular Science had an article on how to build your own EMP bomb with high explosives in the 70’s.

I wonder if a hacker could get into the plane's computer and shut off the pilots and take over the plane?

[Rodamala]

Diesel engine... for the win.

[Kartographer]

It didn't say that'a' contractor had the car electrical system messed up it says owners plural.

[vigilante2]

Welders disconnect the battery before welding on a vehicle

[tsowellfan]

I see a pic from satellite image that looks like a 777

http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014

[Caipirabob]

Terrorists now have an airliner the size of any other massive bomber. It will be painted as a domestic airliner and flown over a major city, at which point we will discover if they truly have a nuclear device or a "dirty nuke" type weapon. Maybe even a bio/chem agent...

Either way, this level of silence from government? You know it's deep doo-doo.

Like, maybe it's "already happened"...

[zipper]

I believe even the plastic airliners (Boeing’s Dreamliner) have a Faraday cage designed into the structure — not specifically for protection from EMP used as a weapon, but for protection from lightning.

[fso301]

It didn't say that'a' contractor had the car electrical system messed up it says owners plural.

Think about it a little. People generally agree that older vehicles such as a `68 Ford are not affected by an EMP because they do not use sensitive electronics. If the alternator for a `68 Ford is unaffected by EMP, why should the alternator from say a `93 Pontiac have problems? It's a coil, a magnet and a voltage regulator.

[fso301]

Welders disconnect the battery before welding on a vehicle That's the battery. They don't always disconnect the battery and rarely do they disconnect the ECU.

[Kartographer]

I thought about and your assumation that they are not effected is does not match the actual results.

[wxgesr]

http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=18224

Diehl...German Briefcase EMP device

Figure 2-6 (above) of the Meta-R-323 report shows a picture of a German-made “briefcase weapon” that can produce a directed EMP beam. That weapon was demonstrated in 2004. If such a weapon was revealed openly six years ago, then it is entirely possible for a foreign government to have such a directed-EMP weapon that could be mounted aboard a submarine. In the introduction of that same report, it asserts that an aircraft fire aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal during the Vietnam War was caused when a radar antenna was accidentally directed at a fighter aircraft, and then that aircraft’s weapon system accidentally fired its missile at another fighter jet on the flight deck. (This was the fire that burned now-Senator John McCain.) If a crude and accidental EMP incident could trigger an unintentional missile launch more than 40 years ago, then an intentional EMP incident using the most modern technology could cripple a cruise ship today. And, if a naval vessel is equipped with the same electrical system as the cruise ship, then the naval vessel would be equally vulnerable.

[fso301]

I thought about and your assumation that they are not effected is does not match the actual results.

I'm not sure what you are getting at here.

[Kartographer]

The cage is built to keep EMP out, but what if the EMP originates from inside the cage?

[bigbob]

Transponder was off, ACARS was off, plane makes a big left turn.....and “disappears”....

Yeah, it was an EMP weapon. Or maybe a UFO!

Occam’s razor is still sharp.

[vigilante2]

Are you a welder?