Posted: 1/22/2010 4:42:33 PM EDT
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Okay, how do you make modern electronics EMP proof/hardened? Just finished reading 'One Second After'; frightening to say the least. Poof and it's all gone.
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"Here" is in the survival forum or maybe even general but I don't go there much. You will find numerous discussions if you search the acronym EMP.
The following quote pretty much sums things up: "this topic has been covered at least 87 times in the last 12 months in this forum and in the ham radio forum. your question of "threat to modern civilization" covers everything from hand held radios to GPS terminals to the national electric power grid to the international telecommunications networks. that's quite a thread hijack! but here's a rule of thumb: if the system (radio, computer, etc) does not have any metallic wires longer than about 3 feet attached to it, it will likely survive an EMP. this goes whether the system is unpowered or powered up. systems with lengthy metallic wires will be most affected –– this includes the power grid. interestingly, every year the telecommunications networks (both voice and data) become more and more resistant to EMP. the network survival scenarios i looked at starting at AT&T Bell Labs 20 years ago are far different now due to the widespread use of optical fiber interconnections rather than metallic cables. see also this link." |
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Poof and it's all gone. no. you read about this in a fiction book. there is no technical basis for what you have read. there are at least 87 threads covering this topic in the last year. http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=10&f=17&t=632162 http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=987286 http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=10&f=17&t=631841 http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=10&f=17&t=631686 ...<and so on>... ar-jedi |