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Originally Posted by Aedin
I was watching the news couple days ago and heard that Iran has recently gained the knowledge of how to create an EMP bomb that could fry the united states electricity. My first reaction to that was yeah right because Iran from my view doesnt possess the technology to make something that big. I am not even sure if the US has the technology to produce something of that scale. Has anyone else heard of this?
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Give me $400 and I can build a simple Flux Compression Generator, the most basic EMP weapon. Basically it consists of two electromagnetic coils, one inside of the other, and uses an explosive to short them against each other, creating a moving short circuit in the primary coil that amplifies the magnetic field and projects it outward.
I won't get into details, but it's not exactly rocket science to create something capable of hitting a few square miles. The problem is that every wire in the "blast" radius will be magnetized, and when those fields collapse shortly after the initial attack, power surges can damage systems miles away.
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Originally Posted by hulk
Sure, if that Cub has afterburners. Ain't anything without four engines and a bomb bay lifting a nuke.
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Ever heard of a W88 warhead?