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

At 11:52 23/10/98 -0400, you 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).  
>
>later
>christopher pratt
>valen@gatecom.com
>
>
	As I understood it you dettonate the nuke (standard sort) in
orbit and
this sets up the EMP without doing any damage (at least from the
explosion
or radiation). I also have here somewhere a "Scientific American"
article
on Enhanced Radiation Weapons (Neutron bombs and the sort) to could
create
all sorts of nasty effects. One idea was for a type of ERW that couple
generate a larger EMP from orbit and be able to burn out most shielded
electronics. The American test IIRC went by the codename "Starfish".
	Others on the list have been talking about solar flares.

	Tony.
	twilko@ozemail.com.au