That is precisely what I mean by an EMP weapon.

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David F Mayer — 4/28/2005 4:42:42 PM (archived)

An ordinary nuke will do only moderate damage, mostly temporary, causing a brief inconvenience, but an enhanced EMP warhead could REALLY cause havoc and do long term damage to big circuit breakers and other big ticket items that will take time to replace.

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Iran and EMP weapons - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2005 4:34:48 AM
- EMP weapons are NOT what you think that they are. - David F Mayer - 4/28/2005 1:18:52 PM
  - Hmmmm... I don't think you are right here. At All. - Davin L. - 4/28/2005 1:38:58 PM
    - All nukes produce an EMP, but some more than others. - David F Mayer - 4/28/2005 2:50:04 PM
      - EMP comes from detonating a nuke out of the atmosphere - Gary - 4/28/2005 3:52:54 PM
        
        That's one way to produce EMP, but not the only one - Larry J - 4/28/2005 6:25:11 PM
        
        From what i understand, You can get a military grade EMP - Davin L. - 4/28/2005 8:33:46 PM
      - Obviously, you can design a Nuke to maximize EMP - DL - 4/28/2005 3:30:21 PM
        
        I linked to some references in my original posts. - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2005 11:48:31 PM
        
        yup - DL - 4/29/2005 3:20:55 AM
        
        That is precisely what I mean by an EMP weapon. - David F Mayer - 4/28/2005 4:42:42 PM
        
        This is getting silly - Davin L. - 4/28/2005 8:32:22 PM
        
        I meant when used as an EMP weapon. - David F Mayer - 4/29/2005 1:34:13 PM
        
        Can't imagine fearing EMP weapons more than regular nukes, anyway (n/t) - alcaray - 4/28/2005 9:30:13 PM
        
        Its like trying to decide if you want to be hung, drawn and quartered, or drawn, hung and quartered - Davin L. - 4/28/2005 10:05:52 PM
        
        And God help us if they invent the Comfy Chair! (n/t) - alcaray - 4/29/2005 4:34:44 PM
        
        I didn't expect that.... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/30/2005 3:04:07 AM
- The drums of war. (Remember Iraq and WMD?) Next, unspeakable atrocities. - Bowser - 4/28/2005 5:35:35 AM
  - re: The drums of war. - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2005 5:47:46 PM

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