Re: EMP (was Re: Space crews and solar flares. )

Christopher Pratt wrote:

> Just something that came up the other day, is there any way
> to create
> a EMP with out blowing a nuke, triggering a solar flare,
> etc...etc... (perhaps less destructive).

Yes. MHD. Some of the larger ex-Soviet anti-ship missiles supposedly had
such options. There's even a web site somewheres giving the theory, and
some cross-section diagrams. The effect is very short ranged, but
focussed and directional, with much of the energy going in the right
direction. The idea was that a single missile would detonate well before
getting into CiWs range, and take out a lot of the comms and suchlike,
causing resets on even the hardened stuff. Even a few seconds delay
would be enough to let the others through.

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