From:	Oliver McDonald oliver@*********.com
Subject:	Electro-Magnetic Pulse Questions
Date:	Sun, 22 Oct 2000 22:07:26 -0700 (PDT)

On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 15:27:27 -0700, Strago wrote:

>From what I've read, I know that an EMP is one of the side effects of
>a nuclear detonation. Thus, the easiest way to set up an EMP is to
>detonate a nuke above your target. I do wonder, though, if that's the
>ONLY way to get an EMP.


Or you can discharge a megafarad capacitor through a kilohenry coil. The only problem is
that a megafarad capacitor would
be about the size of Alberta (or 1/3 to 1/2 of Texas).

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