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Down the years and across the universe, the heroes of science-fiction classics from Dan Dare to Star Wars and The Matrix have fought intergalactic battles with weapons that wipe out enemy electronics at the touch of a button.
Now scientists have turned fantasy into reality by developing a missile that targets buildings with microwaves that disable computers but don’t harm people.
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing successfully tested the weapon on a one-hour flight during which it knocked out the computers of an entire military compound in the Utah desert.
However, experts fear that the project could create an arms race, with countries scrambling to build their own electromagnetic pulse weapons.
Originally posted by happykat39
What scares me about this technology is that you don't have to have a missile to use it. Imagine driving a van with one of these in it by an airport and aiming it at planes taking off and landing. Most, if not all, of your big airliners are "fly by wire" and this would pretty much make a multi million dollar aircraft into a lead brick.
Originally posted by eazyriderl_l
so if i read this right, then with a set of proper surge protectors, or a ground-fault interrupter, or even a microwave shield maybe a faraday cage would stop this?
possibly not being powered on might also negate this "bomb"
im not sure yet just brainstorming
Originally posted by eazyriderl_l
reply to post by happykat39
hmm. im thinking of nearly a peg-board computer. about 8 to 64 bit home made but that would do nothing for a monitor. also if this does that much overload what kinda heat would be generated and dissipated cause maybe you dont want your cell phone in your front pocket