17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
jim bell wrote:
At 08:46 PM 10/4/96 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:
The key is that the effects of near-ground-level bursts are extremely_ localized. Shocking so, no pun intended. The largest bomb in the U.S. arsenal, believed to be 20 MT, might leave a crater several miles in diameter, but would hardly be felt 30 miles away. Certainly almost no electronic devices would be damaged, except if close to the blast center.
What about the neutrons? What is the effect of a neutron flux on silicon devices?
I hope somebody is allowing for multi-pulse and coherent (uni-directional) directed energy weapons.