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To: carranza2 who wrote (37549)	8/13/2002 12:31:10 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Ebombs Ahh, the "ElectroMagnetic Pulse"! Known to be caused by Abombs for years, it will wipe out electronic equipment. I guess they now know how to do this with conventional explosives. Great advance if they have it.

To: carranza2 who wrote (37549)	8/14/2002 6:56:13 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Guess that answers my question. It's kinda misleading to say its a fiber optics killer. I didn't know EMP devices were feasible. Thought they were still scifi, aside from the effects of an nuke. An EMP weapon essentially fries electronics within its radius of effect. I also found this on Jane's, coincidentally. janes.com ----------------------------------------------------------- In its FY 2004 Defence Planning Guidance, the US Department of Defense calls on the US Air Force (USAF) to plan for directed-energy (DE) weapons within a decade. Industry officials say the technology exists to support those plans. Mike Booen, vice president for directed-energy programmes at Raytheon, said that high-powered microwave (HPM) and laser weapons are "on the verge of moving from the science and technology phase into the tactical platform phase". Very interesting stuff. Derek