To: swain_forkbeard
A vandal cuts a line and thousands are without phone service. What would a nuclear device exploded in the atmosphere do?
6 posted on
04/09/2009 11:31:15 AM PDT by
GSWarrior
(We have to act now before people begin to realize we don't.)
To: GSWarrior
This is only a test. If this had been an actual attack, you’d be hosed.
7 posted on
04/09/2009 11:34:13 AM PDT by
LearsFool
("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
To: GSWarrior
Nothing to the actual optical signal as long as the line is in tact. However, regen (signal regeneration) and all other electronics would fry due to the EMP (electromagnetic pulse).
Because regens are usually 35-45 miles apart for long distance fiber optics, a single atmo popped nuke wouldn't affect those regens if in the center of the fiber optic span.
8 posted on
04/09/2009 11:38:35 AM PDT by
RSmithOpt
(Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
To: GSWarrior
What would a nuclear device exploded in the atmosphere do?Read "One Second After" by Newt's buddy William R. Forstchen. It's terribly written but has the general description of the aftermath of such an event.
11 posted on
04/09/2009 11:51:41 AM PDT by
Glenn
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