CHAMP

[RandyT0001]

Here's a link to info about CHAMP

http://www.fool.com/investing/genera...gyholnk0000001

Maybe the Chinese had something like this in the attack on the carrier group in the western Pacific

[stormlion1]

EMP weapons are the ultimate spoilsport weapon. They can be used to knock the stuffing out of a country and then be able to claim to the international community that the attack actually didn't harm anyone. Meanwhile everyone is pushed back to a Civil War level of technology. The real scary part is if it was used over major ports, city's and rail lines. A country's entire infrastructure could be ground to a halt in a instant.

[rob]

There are a few makers of vacuum tubes left and THEY would be a very profitable business if an EMP were used. As for the Chinese, I'd don't quite fear them....YET.

[WallShadow]

Originally Posted by rob

There are a few makers of vacuum tubes left and THEY would be a very profitable business if an EMP were used. As for the Chinese, I'd don't quite fear them....YET.

ISTR that most of the makers of vacuum tubes are located _in China_.
You may now proceed to being afraid.

[RandyT0001]

Originally Posted by WallShadow

ISTR that most of the makers of everything are located _in China_.
You may now proceed to being afraid.

Fixed now.

[mmartin798]

Been doing some research on CHAMP, and it is not as dire as it may seem. If it were nuclear, we would have a different discussion. But since it uses a chemical charge to start the pulse, the E1 pulse is much weaker than a nuclear device. In fact, the use case is to take out a block of buildings while leaving the surrounding area intact.

Boeing even has an unclassified video of the effects of CHAMP test fired over a building with a room full of computers. Most of the computer go dark immediately. But there was one in the front right corner of the video that started to reboot before it went dark again.

So while weapons like CHAMP would be useful against a small target, used over a dam or other power plant would seem like a minor outage rather than a major far-reaching life changing event.

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by stormlion1

EMP weapons are the ultimate spoilsport weapon. They can be used to knock the stuffing out of a country and then be able to claim to the international community that the attack actually didn't harm anyone. Meanwhile everyone is pushed back to a Civil War level of technology. The real scary part is if it was used over major ports, city's and rail lines. A country's entire infrastructure could be ground to a halt in a instant.

Pop them off over Hoover dam and Bonneville dam watch the western U.S. go offline.