Re: [SG2] weapons

--- Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@telia.com> wrote:

> You don't need a nuke to create a really nasty EMP
> pulse (normal high 
> explosives are quite sufficient, at least for
> short-range applications like 
> this); and microwave radiation warheads are a type
> of  non-nuclear type of 
> EMP warheads.

To be fair to Imre, I think he'd agree with that, and
actually, that seems to be his point, ie that you
don't need a Nuke to have EMP.

Where your opinions differ, and this is where I think
you and I agree and Imre disagrees with us, is in the
question of just how effective EMP will be, regardless
of how it's generated, in rendering high-tech future
weapons systems inoperable.  I am glad to see from
your later comments that my suspicions are at least
being supported, if not completely confirmed - the
shielding/hardening of systems has at least a fighting
chance, and from your comments maybe even the clear
lead at this point.

Furthermore, I'mre's Thermonuke comment failed to
address my other objection -  how to guarantee
successful delivery of the EMP in the first place.

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Hrastar

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