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To: Ilaine who wrote (37415)	8/14/2002 6:23:17 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Also, very odd coincidence, the New Scientist publishes a report that we have a new weapon, the E-bomb, which can destroy underground electronic equipment, at the same time that Debka publishes a rather puzzling bit about a new weapon ("new precision-guided bombs capable of locating and destroying fiber optic systems") taking out the Chinese-built Iraqi fiber optic system. What kind of weapon can do that? Probably the E-bomb, wouldn't you say? Not sure about the "locating" but certainly the destroying. I don't know what form such a bomb would take. The "finding" part is hooey. There is nothing intrinsic in fiber optic communications a bomb can track onto. Its light coursing through glass filaments. Likewise I'm not sure what would be special about this bomb that would make it fiber specific. I know nothing about the type of communications equipment that would be used by the military for something like that, but there's really nothing special about a router or switch that has fiber interfaces. An EMP bomb that would take out electronic equipment would be all around useful, not just for fiber. I'd be very interested in what sort of weapon this would be. Derek

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