TimeFlipper
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A "Single" electromagnetic pulse (EMP) would last only milliseconds and remember its travelling at close to the speed of light..The problem here being that every electronic system would be rendered useless within that area and it could take years re-building the electrical service systems that supply us with electricity etc....However i still maintain that all those services and others, will be protected and also all the radar and weapon systems...
My feeling here is that a single electromagnetic impulse would be used as a kind of warning from an attacker..after which the attacker would be hit using the same type of EMP...When the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, it even knocked out street lighting and other electrical equipment in Hawaii with its EMP! In 1945 the Americans became aware of EMP`s after a guy called Enrico Fermi,warned them about it and consequently during their testing of the atomic bomb all the electrical systems were shielded that were close to the blast area..
The EMP back in the 1950s was called a "RadioFlash"...remember that all electromagnet waves are classed as Radio Waves, right upto the Gamma wave frequencies..Radio Wave being a bit of an inappropriate description lol ...
My feeling here is that a single electromagnetic impulse would be used as a kind of warning from an attacker..after which the attacker would be hit using the same type of EMP...When the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, it even knocked out street lighting and other electrical equipment in Hawaii with its EMP! In 1945 the Americans became aware of EMP`s after a guy called Enrico Fermi,warned them about it and consequently during their testing of the atomic bomb all the electrical systems were shielded that were close to the blast area..
The EMP back in the 1950s was called a "RadioFlash"...remember that all electromagnet waves are classed as Radio Waves, right upto the Gamma wave frequencies..Radio Wave being a bit of an inappropriate description lol ...