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Software_Goddess
04/24/09

In reply to Combat-Ready High-Powered Microwave E-Bomb In Testing
Can you imagine what would happen if they tested this in a corn field?
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RT100
04/24/09

@Software_Goddess: or if a terrorist/enemy country got a hold of this then drilled under Washington DC and set it off...

o_O bad news bears
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Software_Goddess
04/24/09

@RT100 . ҉ . PSU: They could rename it the Obama Bomb.
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lolgreg
04/24/09

@Software_Goddess: Obomba.
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Curves
02/12/09

In reply to Army Getting Electro-Magnetic Pulse Grenade to Mess Up Bin Laden's Xbox
What ever happened to the Gay Bomb they were going to build and deploy? That will keep Bin Laden from his XBox as well.
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TheCrudMan
02/12/09

In reply to Army Getting Electro-Magnetic Pulse Grenade to Mess Up Bin Laden's Xbox
Enemy electronic capacity? Have they paid attention to who they're fighting for the last 8 years? They don't even have regular electricity in Iraq or Afghanistan, much less "enemy electronic capacity."
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gadam07
02/12/09

@TheCrudMan: Actually, the enemy they have been fighting recently usually uses crude electronics such as PCs with Google Earth or Maps to plan and coordinate attacks, as well as cell phones for communication and remote bomb detonation. I imagine they'd want EMP grenades as a surefire way to take out an IED's remote detonation receiver.
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Hello Mister Walrus
02/12/09

@gadam07: Fuck, our internet is down! Now how are we going to destroy the American swine??
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
02/12/09

@gadam07: actually, they wouldn't. The newest trend is using cellphones to activate a wired trigger. The cellphone is outside of any jamming/attack range, and the wired switch isn't effected by the jamming.
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Clayton Seymore
02/12/09

@3.5 B: disk_GitEmSteveDave:

A lot of IEDS are plastered to look like a rock, and a visual receptor detonates when it sees something cross its path.

I am in my intro Bomb/fire investigation right now, and some of the stuff they use is just nasty.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
02/12/09

@Clayton Seymore: I'm just repeating what I have heard from people in theater/just returned on things like NPR.
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junyo
02/12/09

@3.5 B: disk_GitEmSteveDave: An EMP will fry the triggering mechanism, if by no other means than inducing current in the wire.

@TheCrudMan: Assuming they're thrown. I kew a guy that can hit a pie plate with a grenade @ 150 yards with an M203. And military gear is already hardened against EMP, most of it was built to function if it survived a nuclear exchange. It takes a lot more to fry that stuff that regular civilian electronics.
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closhedbb
02/12/09

@TheCrudMan: Imagine if you could have some kind of disruption device mounted on a lead vehicle in a convoy, how much that would help. If you could have something that would jam or disrupt cell phone signals, or even diasble electronics as the convoy passes by, they could greatly hamper the IED problem. Sure, other cars that pass by might have their engines shut off, but announcements could be made and people could adapt.

You could also remotely shut down cars approaching or fleeing baracades, diable suicide bombers...

The possibility of groundbased electronic disruption in any form would be an amazing asset.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
02/12/09

@closhedbb: Some US vehicles have this system, which is why they now go with the wireless device located outside of the range of the jammer which is connected to a wired switch. No electronics are inside the jammed area.
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ScottRose
02/12/09

@junyo: A regular grenade would also probably destroy the IED's trigger mechanism. And the rest of it. I'd be more confident driving past one that was already blown all to shit rather than one that hopefully had enough current induced in its trigger mechanism to maybe disable it.

As someone said, the real problem is that they're made to look like anything but an IED.

I can't think of many situations where an EMP grenade is better than an explosive grenade. Maybe for taking out vehicles to capture live prisoners...
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