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ELECTROMAGNETIC BOMB
Abstract
High Power Electromagnetic Pulse generation techniques and High Power Microwave technology have matured to the point where practical E-bombs (Electromagnetic bombs) are becoming technically feasible, with new applications in both Strategic and Tactical Information Warfare.
The development of conventional E-bomb devices allows their use in non-nuclear confrontations.
Introduction
The prosecution of a successful Information Warfare (IW) campaign against an industrialized or post industrial opponent will require a suitable set of tools.
As demonstrated in the Desert Storm air campaign, air power has proven to be a most effective means of inhibiting the functions of an opponent's vital information processing infrastructure.
The EMP Effect
The Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) effect was first observed during the early testing of high altitude airburst nuclear weapons.
The effect is characterized by the production of a very short (hundreds of nanoseconds) but intense electromagnetic pulse, which propagates away from its source with ever diminishing intensity, governed by the theory of electromagnetism.
The Technology Base
The technology base which may be applied to the design of electromagnetic bombs is both diverse, and in many areas quite mature.
Key technologies which are extant in the area are explosively pumped Flux Compression Generators (FCG), explosive or propellant driven Magneto-Hydrodynamic (MHD) generators and a range of HPM devices, the foremost of which is the Virtual Cathode Oscillator or Vircator.
The Technology Base(Contd.)
USE OF E-BOMB
Army hopes to use E-bomb technology to explode artillery shells in midflight.
The Navy wants to use the E-bomb's high-power microwave pulses to neutralize antiship missiles.
And, the Air Force plans to equip its bombers, strike fighters, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles with E-bomb capabilities. When fielded, these will be among the most technologically
ADVANTAGE
An electromagnetic bomb, or e-bomb, is a weapon designed to take advantage of this dependency.
But instead of simply cutting off power in an area, an e-bomb would actually destroy most machines that use electricity.
ATTENTION
E-bombs permanently damage electric and electronic equipment even if it is Switched Off.
Protection is possible by carefully shielding the equipment (leaving no cracks or gaps) with aluminum foil, or metallic close net ( 4 mm or less), or tin foil or by placing it inside metal boxes.
Unfortunately, in the event of war e-bombs are the first kind of weapons to be used because they disrupt communication.
ELECTROMAGNETIC BOMB
Abstract
High Power Electromagnetic Pulse generation techniques and High Power Microwave technology have matured to the point where practical E-bombs (Electromagnetic bombs) are becoming technically feasible, with new applications in both Strategic and Tactical Information Warfare.
The development of conventional E-bomb devices allows their use in non-nuclear confrontations.
Introduction
The prosecution of a successful Information Warfare (IW) campaign against an industrialized or post industrial opponent will require a suitable set of tools.
As demonstrated in the Desert Storm air campaign, air power has proven to be a most effective means of inhibiting the functions of an opponent's vital information processing infrastructure.
The EMP Effect
The Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) effect was first observed during the early testing of high altitude airburst nuclear weapons.
The effect is characterized by the production of a very short (hundreds of nanoseconds) but intense electromagnetic pulse, which propagates away from its source with ever diminishing intensity, governed by the theory of electromagnetism.
The Technology Base
The technology base which may be applied to the design of electromagnetic bombs is both diverse, and in many areas quite mature.
Key technologies which are extant in the area are explosively pumped Flux Compression Generators (FCG), explosive or propellant driven Magneto-Hydrodynamic (MHD) generators and a range of HPM devices, the foremost of which is the Virtual Cathode Oscillator or Vircator.
The Technology Base(Contd.)
USE OF E-BOMB
Army hopes to use E-bomb technology to explode artillery shells in midflight.
The Navy wants to use the E-bomb's high-power microwave pulses to neutralize antiship missiles.
And, the Air Force plans to equip its bombers, strike fighters, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles with E-bomb capabilities. When fielded, these will be among the most technologically
ADVANTAGE
An electromagnetic bomb, or e-bomb, is a weapon designed to take advantage of this dependency.
But instead of simply cutting off power in an area, an e-bomb would actually destroy most machines that use electricity.
ATTENTION
E-bombs permanently damage electric and electronic equipment even if it is Switched Off.
Protection is possible by carefully shielding the equipment (leaving no cracks or gaps) with aluminum foil, or metallic close net ( 4 mm or less), or tin foil or by placing it inside metal boxes.
Unfortunately, in the event of war e-bombs are the first kind of weapons to be used because they disrupt communication.
