The Strong Magnetic Field Burst Rocket.

since most aircraft are now FLY-BY-WIRE devices they all have onboard computers.
as we all know from the past one weak thingie in a computer can be the hard disk...it can crash and then you've got just a heap of crap metal & plastic mix left !

so what about a rocket that is fired to an enemyplane but instead of explosives release an extreme high strong magnetic field that "kills" the
computer(s) onboard ?
the rocket have not even have to hit the airplane ofcourse since the volume of the magnetic field can be set in a active radius.

fly by wire without the computer(s) and especially in airwar situations would be like flying a "heavy rock"...and another one bites the dust.



[Edited on 24-5-2004 by John bull 1]

i believe the aircraft are still pilotable... just not to any extremes (ie supercruise, high-g manuevers, etc).

the effect can work two ways:

1)controls can not be set anymore to the right values for piloting the aircraft

2)the pilot misses enormous valuable informaton on speed,altitude,DIRECTION,mode set,weaponssituation,radio and ofcourse position in the air of the airplane. (you still can fly forward with an angle of attack 15 degrees,nose of aircraft pointed 5 degrees out of the center and wings in a slight banking mode...or even upside down while becoming part of a misty weathersituation in prepairing to land :wow
and for fully loaded aircraft...if center of gravity is set incorrectly

umm no gods are u talking about an EMP bomb cause if u r then uv came upon the same idea USAF and such as youv pointed our it wouldbe a good weapon and frankly i like ur choice of weaponry
but the only way we know how to make an emp is from a nuclear exsplosion
but if u mean a VERY large EM then u could use it to pull the plane TO the missile would be interesting

the pulse from an atomic explosion is not what i have in mind !
strong magnetic fields can be created without nukes but the aid of simple high electric voltage devices.
(tesla-kirlian-... are sidekickeffects that can be easily done)

Originally posted by NOGODSINTHEUNIVERSE
1)controls can not be set anymore to the right values for piloting the aircraft

two words: manuel override. i'm sure there is such a thing. if i recall correctly, the f-22's computer has crashed several times during test flights and it was still able to fly.

2)the pilot misses enormous valuable informaton on speed,altitude,DIRECTION,mode set,weaponssituation,radio and ofcourse position in the air of the airplane.

um... there are things call instruments, which are not run by computers. they gather airspeed, altitude, position, and direction. as for where the aircrft is? there are always charts. radio? you can get by without. weapons? if everything gets knocked out, you shouldn't be worrying about those.

Oil pumps? Hydraulic pressure? Aren't these run by electric pumps on a lot of modern aircraft? I've heard of planes flying through lightning storms and getting hit, losing all electronics but managing to make it back home. But what about these newer aircraft like the F-22?

two words: manuel override. i'm sure there is such a thing. if i recall correctly, the f-22's computer has crashed several times during test flights and it was still able to fly.

I believe most modern fighters are also downlinked to the ground controllers who can fly them like a big radio controlled model.

Originally posted by groingrinder[/i
I believe most modern fighters are also downlinked to the ground controllers who can fly them like a big radio controlled model.

i believe this author's idea would make that incapable of happening since ALL electronics would be knocked out. even still though, the plane would be able to fly from the pilot.