[Velveeta]

Copying post from TB2K. Thanks Neosgirl. :-)

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Hmm they're posting this picture and saying wait for further information in the future....weird.

http://depris.cephes.free.fr/presscom/2003/002/sv94o952.jpg

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Does anyone know what that contraption is in the jpg?

[Velveeta]

A ribbon a video
http://members.cox.net/macallan_the/falluja.asf

[callmejoe]

Have her report it.

It is an explosive magnetic flux compressor generator.

(an "E-bomb")

It is a directed energy weapon designed to produce an EMP.

Will fry electronics within a given radius.

Lights out.

[Oorang]

Looks like a bomb that is designed to detonate by an emitted pulse, radio frequency or some sort of electromagnetic pulse.

[penguino]

Here are the listed parts translated from the French diagram:

Detonator
Copper Coil
Tube
Explosive
Armature
Antennae
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Electromagnetic stimulus

[Right_Handed_Writer]

Callmejoe has it right.It looks like an FCG.

(Figure 3.2 The FCG operation courtesy HowStuffWorks)

FCG Construction The FCG consists of an explosives-packed tube inside a copper coil. The stages of detonation are as follows (as described by Wilson, 2001):

The coil is energized with a bank of capacitors, creating a magnetic field.
The explosive charge is set off moving from one end of the coil to the other.
As the copper tube flares outwards, it touches the copper coil creating a short circuit that moves down the length of the bomb.
This short circuit compresses the magnetic field and, before the final disintegration of the device, a ramping current pulse is produced.

Since E-Bombs are not directly lethal to people, armies would be able to use the technology effectively to attack a city without causing direct civilian casualties.

More here:

Flux Compression Generator

[Godzilla]

Can't get the link to come up. google image is too small to read words.

[JustPiper]

An EMP pulse