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The "e-bomb" contains as much power as what the Hoover Dam generates in 24 hours - about 2 billion watts - and it can all be loaded onto long-range cruise missiles. -----------------Unfortunately anyone with $400 can build one of these things. Theye won't be as powerful but they still will do the same thing. Awhile ago there was an article in Popular Mechanichs about this bomb. They really are quite simple.

Unfortunately anyone with $400 can build one of these things. Theye won't be as powerful but they still will do the same thing. Awhile ago there was an article in Popular Mechanichs about this bomb. They really are quite simple.

You are talking about spark gap generators. The military is using explosive-driven flux compression generators. Vastly different capabilities and technologies. The flux of a well-engineered FCG type device can exceed that of a nuclear powered EMP weapon. While it is theoretically possible to build an FCG for very cheap, in practice it takes quite a bit of engineering skill to make one that works correctly. Doubly so if you want focused electromagnetic spectrum as an output.