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Old 03-08-06, 07:50 PM   #1
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America's enemies know all too well about the destructive potential of an electromagnetic pulse attack.
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Old 03-08-06, 07:59 PM   #2
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If terrorists get their hands on a low yield nuclear weapon they are not going to use it to create an EMP by detonating it in the upper atmosphere.
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Old 03-08-06, 08:24 PM   #3
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If terrorists get their hands on a low yield nuclear weapon they are not going to use it to create an EMP by detonating it in the upper atmosphere.
I concur...to them, I think EMP is just a valuable side-effect. Why just disable equipment by detonating over high altitude when you can take out a city?
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Old 03-08-06, 10:18 PM   #4
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Leave it to Pat Robertson's think-tank for this.
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