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Re: Inside the Ring: Air Force Study on EMP Threat 

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We Asked a Military Expert How Scared We Should Be of an EMP Attack

http://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kwxq4v/we-asked-a-military-expert-how-scared-the-us-should-be-of-an-emp-attack-508

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What's the main challenge stopping small militaries from using them?
Besides the weight, and the cost of whatever you use to generate that kind of electricity—a capacitor, a large amount of batteries, or whatever power generation method—the cost would be so high, but the damage you can do with it would be so limited, that other much cheaper methods might be more efficient when it comes to damaging the area that you're targeting.

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(Entire article is at the link. Zim.)
(And, yes, Nukes are the best way to generate sufficient EMP to do widespread
damage . . . but using one would lead to a retaliatory strike. From our Subs if nothing else.)
Zim.




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Inside the Ring: Air Force Study on EMP Threat
By: capt_nemo in POPE 5
Sun, 09 Dec 18 4:42 AM 		Msg. 16389 of 62138

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U.S. military facilities involved in command and control of forces face a growing risk of disruption by an electromagnetic pulse attack or solar superstorm that could knock out all electronics at the strategic bases, according to a report.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/inside-ring-air-force-study-emp-threat/

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