[67408] in Cypherpunks
Re: Electromagnetic Pulse
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dale Thorn)
Sat Oct 5 13:42:50 1996
Date: Sat, 05 Oct 1996 10:18:46 -0700
From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
jim bell wrote:
> 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.
> What about the neutrons? What is the effect of a neutron flux on
> silicon devices?
I hope somebody is allowing for multi-pulse and coherent
(uni-directional) directed energy weapons.
