[desertcry]

on the rack for at least 20-30 years ... Maybe so, but I'm not aware that data on what this weapon can do under actual combat situation exists. Will it truly neutralize the enemy's capacity to conduct war after being hit with EMP ordinance?

[DK Zimmerman]

Well, the unclassified data suggestes that if you aim your bomb right and the equipment in question is not WELL hardened, yes, you'll fry whatever is in the neighborhood (effects footprint, which for these guys is NOT humongous).

My guess is, the stated footprint slightly to greatly underreports the actual. But those employing it will know exactly what they can expect. (We wouldn't design, develop, and deploy a munition without testing it fairly well.) Our pilots and planes are too expensive to toss about with unknown munitions.