[Aric2000]

That is true, but the fact is that they said that it was some new unheard of weapon. Well, we have weapons that can seek out electromagnetic fields etc.

A weapon that would seek out Fiber optic in particular is beyond the realm as far as I am concerned. What will it look for, light leakage? won't be any. How about a frequency signature? Sorry, we are not talking radio waves here, we are talking light, locked in a fiberoptic, there is NO leakage to find.

Debka again talks out it's rearend, telling me that they indeed haven't a clue. I'd get better information from the national enquirer.

[stylin_geek]

I agree, the idea such a weapon exists is rather farfetched, however, I was merely pointing out EMF occurs around computers where the fiber connects to the machine. Not to mention fiber switches and routers. Whether or not these devices generate enough of a signal for a weapon to be able to find them is another question.

What I am getting at is the fact the weapon would not necessarily have to rely on or be capable of using the signal in a fiber optic cable for targeting. In fact, from a military point of view, wiping out fiber switches and routers would make more sense, because one punch would knock out multiple parts of a military communications network.

Also, if one did knock out a bunch of fiber optic cable, wouldn't the initial impression be that some kind of new and super secret weapon was available? One with unheard of capabilities? Or, suppose the fiber optic networks were knocked out....how about just plain old good intelligence? Were not some bunkers in Iraq targeted during the Gulf war based on information from the German firms that built them?

[greggy]

I'd get better information from the national enquirer.

Please let us know what you dig up!