[LibWhacker]

But I think the Israelis have built things like this... At least I've read an article or two to that effect. In other words, to send a pulse through a detonator and make it go off, the emp device doesn't have to be powerful enough to fry all the electronic contraptions around it. In effect, you're just tickling all the electronics in a given neighborhood, not frying them.

[Spktyr]

That's not an EMP weapon, it's an RFI generator.

Basically, the principle is that you generate a strong enough radio signal to induce current in nearby wires. If those wires happen to be attached to an electrically triggered detonator, you get a "prematurely detonated" Palestinian.

The same sort of thing happens whenever an F-16 flew too close to a radio tower in Europe - the induced currents and RFI interference shuts down the computerized fly-by-wire system and causes the servos to get weird inputs.

Real EMP weapons *start* at about the size of a Uhaul truck and are *very* obvious.

[PureTrouble]

Terrorist warning elevated in last couple days.

Chemist from 7/7 arrested

The bus bomb 7/7, people said that the bomber was fiddling with both hands inside his backpack.

Maybe there is a last minute chemical mix that makes the Bombs much more potent. And maybe the Brits employed a device to start sending an EMP or something during prime terrorist times. The Rail station said that the bomber was surprised his backpack went off 15 sec before getting to a train station.

Cause the detonation before they can be more powerful. and before they reach a very populated train station.