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To: D. Long who wrote (37773)8/14/2002 10:29:44 AM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 281500
 
I'd be very interested in what sort of weapon this would be.

I expect it's some sort of EMP that knocks out the routers and the hubs and the switches. A big enough blast would cause short-circuits. The fiber is useless without the electronic doohickeys.

Edit: I see you already figured it out.


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