USB killer v2.0

jim bell jdb10987 at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 15 22:25:36 PDT 2015


  From: coderman <coderman at gmail.com>


>> However, for REAL damage, it would be useful to pulse the kilovolts into the
>> magnetron:  Generally if you increase the voltage by 10, the power increases
>> by 100.  Feed that microwave magnetron with brief (microseconds) pulses of
>> 40,000 volts, rather than 4000, and it will probably generate close to 100
>> kilowatts.  It would be necessary to establish that such a system will not
>> arc with over-voltage, either within the waveguide or the associated
>> high-voltage wiring.
>high voltage solid state built into shielding around the
>waveguide/magnetron cavity presents smallest external hazard and
>compact too.
>of course, another order-of-mag level up in explosively pumped EW weapons :)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/e-bomb3.htm





  
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