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I thought EMP affected electronics regardless of whether they are powered at the time of the burst or not?
by kprobst 15y ago
I thought EMP affected electronics regardless of whether they are powered at the time of the burst or not?
- ynniv 15y agoYou can harden your circuits against EMP, it's just expensive and almost universally unnecessary. Almost.
- burgerbrain 15y agoPerhaps the idea is to disengage delicate circuitry from long potentially antenna like circuits.
- Daniel_Newby 15y agoEMP generally refers to the radio-frequency flash. This device is for the ionizing radiation flash -- gamma rays, x-rays, and neutrons -- that can be extremely damaging to devices that are powered on. For example, the ionizing radiation can cause power transistors to turn on unconditionally, which can fire rockets, burn out power converters, and so forth.