Electromagnetic Pulse

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Could a microwave save your electronics during an EMP attack?

You sleep with your iPhone beside you, waking up in the middle of the night to check your e-mail? Feel anxious when s…

Keith Veronese

4/19/12 10:00AM

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This EMP Cannon Stops Cars Almost Instantly

We've heard of electromagnetic pulses cutting steel in milliseconds, but apparently they can also be used to stop…

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Electromagnetic Pulses Cut Through Steel in Milliseconds

You need to cut up some chunks of steel. Mechanical tools are prone to wearing out and lasers are just too…

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Combat-Ready High-Powered Microwave E-Bomb In Testing

Sci-fi tales are full of electromagnetic-pulse devices that blow out every computer from here to Kalamazoo. But US…

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Green, Renewable Microgrids Protect Our Tech From EMPs, Boogeymen

Their press release reads like a speech from the 2004 GOP presidential convention, but Instant Access Networks still…

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Navy Drops $7.5 Million on an EMP Generator

As anyone who has seen the Matrix will tell you, an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) can wreak havoc on electronics. You…

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The Future's So Bright, I've Got to Gouge My Eyes Out

It looks like a certain British Ministry of Defense woke up on the wrong side of the bed, as they've got a pretty…

Adam Frucci

4/09/07 4:15PM

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Could a microwave save your electronics during an EMP attack?

This EMP Cannon Stops Cars Almost Instantly

Electromagnetic Pulses Cut Through Steel in Milliseconds

Combat-Ready High-Powered Microwave E-Bomb In Testing

Green, Renewable Microgrids Protect Our Tech From EMPs, Boogeymen

Navy Drops $7.5 Million on an EMP Generator

The Future's So Bright, I've Got to Gouge My Eyes Out