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The Void
1359 posts, Feb 2001

Differentiated Mouse Fibroblasts

Lubbock, Texas
1347 posts, Mar 2001

posted 09-23-2001 09:25 AM            

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Good find, RTW! I hope the Department of Defense reads Popular Mechanics and is designing a way to counter this weapon! (Any lurkers who can give them a heads-up, please do so. Thank you.)

...You will hear a sharp crack in the distance. By the time you mistakenly identify this sound as an innocent clap of thunder, the civilized world will have become unhinged. Fluorescent lights and television sets will glow eerily bright, despite being turned off. The aroma of ozone mixed with smoldering plastic will seep from outlet covers as electric wires arc and telephone lines melt. Your Palm Pilot and MP3 player will feel warm to the touch, their batteries overloaded. Your computer, and every bit of data on it, will be toast...

There is...another part to the E-bomb story, one that military planners are reluctant to discuss. While American versions of these weapons are based on advanced technologies, terrorists could use a less expensive, low-tech approach to create the same destructive power. "Any nation with even a 1940s technology base could make them," says Carlo Kopp, an Australian-based expert on high-tech warfare. "The threat of E-bomb proliferation is very real." POPULAR MECHANICS estimates a basic weapon could be built for $400.

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VA
60 posts, Sep 2001

posted 09-24-2001 01:14 PM            

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Whoa, now I know what I want for Christmas.

Sounds like a good reason to keep those old tube radios around. At least my amp will still work, providing there's electricity.