[R-390] EMP Side Note

[Samuel Letzring]

All

Remember, an EMP pulse only occurs when the nuclear burst is outside the earth's atmosphere- the burst height has to be 50-100 miles high- which means it has to be a deliberate EMP attack secenario- which also probably means it will be an EMP "enhanced" device.

So- from a conventional nuclear exchange like we all envisioned in the 50's/60's- NY, DC, Moscow etc almost no EMP outside the immediate area. The bad thing about an EMP attack scenario is that it doesn't require any sophisticated guidance- just lob a "nuke" high enough- and explode it- kinda like the rockets that the North Koreans are developing to "launch satellites"!

You can build "EMP bombs" with conventional ( non-nuclear) explosives and these work at any altitude- but they have much-much lower EMP output and much-much shorter range- and really are designed for point targets rather than area targets. I think we have these in our inventory- as probably do other nations.

Interesting thread

Sam

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> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:47:25 -0700
> From: ckepus at comcast.net
> To: dsmaples at comcast.net
> CC: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [R-390] EMP Side Note
> 
> Dave Maples wrote:
> > All: Side note: Another book you might want to look for is Alas Babylon.
> > Pretty decent portrayal of the events following a late 50s nuke exchange.
> > More in the human side of things.
> >
> >
> > Dave WB4FUR
> >
> >   
> Probably the most realistic and scary portrayal of what it would be like 
> following a nuke exchange.  IIRC, the event that triggered the exchange 
> was an errant missile.  What makes this book so dang scary (assuming one 
> considers a nuke exchange scary) is that the Israel Air Force was 
> engaging a hostile middle east country.  Too bad it didn't include some 
> development of a scenario of the help hams who built the bomb and EMP 
> proof shelters could have been to the US survivors.
> 
> Notwithstanding it's omission of such a scenario, it is a very good read.
> 
> Chris
> W7JPG
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