To: Aeronaut
I'm just an unsophisticated Alabama girl. Are you saying that an e-bomb can actually interfere with or stop these explosions? If so, fan-freepin-tastic.
686 posted on
03/14/2003 2:46:29 AM PST by
Quilla
To: Quilla
687 posted on
03/14/2003 3:05:27 AM PST by
TexKat
To: Quilla
An e-bomb sends out a huge electro-magnetic pulse that fries all electronics in the neighborhood.
688 posted on
03/14/2003 3:20:15 AM PST by
Aeronaut
(This project is so important, we can't let things that are more important interfere with it.)
To: Quilla
It would take out the electronics controlling the oil wells and the explosives, but we can always drop in new electronic equipment to replace those that we disabled. It's probably the only plan we have to stop the oilfields from going up in flames.
To: Quilla
I'm just an unsophisticated Alabama girl. Are you saying that an e-bomb can actually interfere with or stop these explosions? If so, fan-freepin-tastic.
There are some big "ifs". EMPs effect is to overload the very tiny circuits in items like ICs (integrated circuits; chips) and, I believe, transistors. No effect on regular switches, vacuum tubes, wires, etc. Also, vulnerable devices can be "hardened" to a degree to protect them from EMP.
An interesting observation; if a nuclear device were to be detonated over a major city, essentially all modern vehicles (with computerized engine management systems) would be rendered disabled, but all the old beaters with points ignition (up to the early 70's) would run just fine (assuming they survived the blast).
To: Quilla; Aeronaut
I think an E-bomb would be just as likely to set them all off.
They ask people to turn off two way radios in blasting zones.
Maybe an E-Bomb at HQ and not near the wells?
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