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ionburn · 9th Oct 2017, 5:46 pm

I am not an expert with EMP's but I do wonder exactly how immune such equipment is. There are many components in a system, and as we know, semiconductors are not only used in transistors. Such a pulse would likely play havoc with radio altimeters, radar and normal radio reception to say the least.

9th Oct 2017, 5:46 pm	#40
ionburn Heptode Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK. Posts: 583	Re: Sputnik 1 I am not an expert with EMP's but I do wonder exactly how immune such equipment is. There are many components in a system, and as we know, semiconductors are not only used in transistors. Such a pulse would likely play havoc with radio altimeters, radar and normal radio reception to say the least.