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To: jonrick46
> All will be rendered useless with EMP.

They would presumably be rad-hardened, like most military and spacecraft gear intended for high-rad environments.

21 posted on 09/08/2017 6:11:18 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored
...> All will be rendered useless with EMP. They would presumably be rad-hardened, like most military and spacecraft gear intended for high-rad environments.

RAD hardening deals with bit flipping due to event upsets. RAD hardening uses redundancy and distancing to reduce the likelihood of bit flippinp\g.

Although I have not studied the damage mechanism of EMP in detail, a simple search reveals that it works by generating current or ESD which can damage (permanently) computer equipment.

A nuclear EMP is the abrupt pulse of electromagnetic radiation resulting from a nuclear explosion. The resulting rapidly changing electric fields and magnetic fields may couple with electrical/electronic systems to produce damaging current and voltage surges.
Excerpted from Electromagnetic Pulse
22 posted on 09/08/2017 7:55:13 AM PDT by nonsporting
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