I'll let you read the report - Threat Posed by EMP to US Military Systems and Civil Infrastructure
http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/security/has197010.000/has197010_1.HTM If a congressmen can understand this, your handicap should not hinder you. ;-) > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary L. Nunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 2:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Bin Laden's nuclear secrets found > > > > Can someone educate me on the EMP effect? I know that it is an > electromagnetic pulse and it screws with electronics. So > having said that, > here is my question: Does the EMP fry ALL electronics or only > the ones that > are activated at the time? Like will it disable a vehicle > with electronic > ignition even though it may be off? It fries everything that has unsheilded wire in it. They will cease to function. A blast of 10 Mton nuclear blast 250 miles up over Iowa will essentially take out the U.S. - Cars, planes, phones, power, and all electronics. Fun stuff - especially about the part where they discuss that SCUD missiles will travel nearly that high, and how the Russians lost some bombs. >From the article: " Doing a lot of work in Russia-I was in Moscow 6 weeks ago with five other Members of Congress in a meeting with General Lebed. General Lebed was asked about the status of nuclear forces in Russia. He told us-using his exact quote, ''Mr. Congressman, when I chaired the Defense Council for Boris Yeltsin, one of my responsibilities was to account for all of the suitcase-sized nuclear devices that we built inside of Russia.'' He went on to say that during the tenure of building these devices, they had, in fact, manufactured 132; and he told us they had only been able to account for 48. The status of the others? Who knows. But the point is that Russia certainly doesn't have total control over its nuclear weapons or its fissile material. We have seen evidence of that from time to time. It doesn't mean we should abandon them, but we have to understand and deal with that potential threat to our security and our troops." Nerd From Hell > > Gary > > - who is electronically challenged > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Chad Cooper > > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 12:37 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' (Brin-L) > > Subject: RE: Bin Laden's nuclear secrets found > > > > > > I just read a quote from a 1997 Congressional testimony > that the Soviet > > Union has not accounted for at least 25 'suitcase' Nukes. > > I suspect that it is more likely to expect a city to be > lost, or perhaps a > > HEMP (High Altitude EMP). > > A EMP over Central California would be devastating. > > Nerd From Hell > >
