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Weapons experts and techno-thriller fans are familiar with the concept of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) — a supermassive blast of electricity, usually from a nuclear blast high above ground, that fries electronic circuits for miles around, crippling computers, cars and most other modern gadgets. Now comes word that a much smaller EMP device, or “e-bomb,” could be carried in a car, or even on someone’s person — and be used to take down an airliner. “Once it is known that aircraft are vulnerable to particular types of disruption, it isn’t too much of a leap to build a device that...

In the blink of an eye, electromagnetic bombs could throw civilization back 200 years. And terrorists can build them for $400. BY JIM WILSON Lead illustration by Edwin Herder The next Pearl Harbor will not announce itself with a searing flash of nuclear light or with the plaintive wails of those dying of Ebola or its genetically engineered twin. You will hear a sharp crack in the distance. By the time you mistakenly identify this sound as an innocent clap of thunder, the civilized world will have become unhinged. Fluorescent lights and television sets will glow eerily bright, despite being...

Tomahawk ... £1m-a-time barrage from sea and air A HUNDRED RAF warplanes will spearhead an unprecedented blitz on Iraq in the first hours of war - paving the way for the ground invasion. Our brave fliers will take part in the biggest British air armada since the Suez crisis half a century ago to unleash havoc on Saddam. They will play a key role beside US and Aussie pilots in devastating Iraq’s military with the most up-to-date "smart" weapons ever used in battle. Last night a senior British officer at Qatar, the Allies’ nerve centre, said: "Nothing like this has...

Iraq war could test weapons aimed at stifling electronics and controlling large groups, but they raise ethical issues.By Brad Knickerbocker, Staff writer of The Christian Science MonitorWASHINGTON – The opening days of a war with Iraq would likely see weapons and tactics straight out of Buck Rogers. Cruise missiles, pilotless drones, and "blackout bombs" spitting out spools of carbon filaments to short out power lines. Powerful electromagnetic pulses - "E-bombs" - frying computer and communication circuitry. High-power microwave weapons. The point is to hamper the ability of Iraq to fight back by shutting down critical electronic systems, especially those in...

FOXNews, Shep---tonight he reviewed the "possibliity" that the US Military might have a nice new weapon, "E-Bombs"...that can be launched from miles away and via a cruise missle, deliver a HUGE Billion watt NOOODGE to an enemy city... Oh, what fun--imagine every electronic circuit in all Baghdad totally FRIED! Nobody can get anywhere or do anything...Saddam and his body doubles trapped in bunkers because their electronic doors and security measures are non-responsive...ha ha ... MORE--on this see below. GRRRRRRollin' The next Pearl Harbor will not announce itself with a searing flash of nuclear light or with the plaintive wails of...