[67379] in Cypherpunks
Re: Electromagnetic Pulse
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jim bell)
Sat Oct 5 03:51:08 1996
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 23:19:43 -0800
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>, cypherpunks@toad.com
From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
At 08:46 PM 10/4/96 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:
>
>The key is that the effects of near-ground-level bursts are _extremely_
>localized. Shocking so, no pun intended. The largest bomb in the U.S.
>arsenal, believed to be 20 MT, might leave a crater several miles in
>diameter, but would hardly be felt 30 miles away. Certainly almost no
>electronic devices would be damaged, except if close to the blast center.
>
>--Tim May
What about the neutrons? What is the effect of a neutron flux on silicon devices?
Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com
