VERY Disturbing....

[Michael The Disciple]

The Washington Times has been on the cutting edge of reporting relevant news for a long time. Better than most newspapers.

[HRea]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

No. a Briefcase Nuke would not produce an EMP. It would just kill lots of people in a small area.

Yes, a briefcase sized device is quite capable of wrecking havoc. I misspoke about the "Briefcase Nuke", I was mashing up the technologies. The link at the bottom of this reply takes you to a defense article that describes various sized devices - one of which is a briefcase sized TED - transient EMP device.

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

EMP's, even from a large nuclear explosion, would not fry small hand held electronics that did not happen to be plugged into an outlet at the time. It requires a fairly large surface area of wires to absorb the necessary energy to cook the small components in a smart phone, tablet, or laptop. If the EMP energy WAS strong enough to fry everything then it is most likely that the bomb itself was close enough for the explosion itself to do all the damage required.

Devices don't have to be plugged in to an outlet to be effected by EMPs, especially microwave based EMPs. An EMP targets the semiconductor components which is the base technology for zillions of electronic devices.

Originally Posted by OnTheFritz

Not a reputable news outlet anywhere in sight covering it.

Here's a very reputable source, and it describes a new type of terrorist activity concerning this very subject: Defense Media - Improvised EMP Devices

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

The Washington Times has been on the cutting edge of reporting relevant news for a long time. Better than most newspapers.

The WT is owned and operated by MOONIES.

If you read the article it contains nothing but the authors words, no authoritative quotes

[Praxeas]

Fritz meant the issue of North Korea having a Nuke and using it as an EMP.

The fact is a small suit case device is not going to knock out the entire US. It needs to be in the upper atmosphere.

Even a nuclear bomb needs to be detonated several feet above ground in order for it to be maximized destruction.

Imaging igniting a daisy cutter on the ground. It does nothing. When it is ignited in the air it produces a nuke like effect for a shorter range without radiation.

A small device exploded near the ground will do a lot of damage but will be minimized if not high up in the air.

The same device will have minimal EMP effects if its not higher up in the atmosphere. The range of coverage will be small.

That is why the article was about North Korea launching a ICBM with a nuclear war head to the US and why I pointed out our Aegis will take it out before getting over the US

[BrotherEastman]

Is Aegis effective 100%?