Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/27

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Subject: [Leica] EMP
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Sun Jun 27 15:47:47 2004
References: <05c601c45b11$02a0c9c0$6401a8c0@len> <05c601c45b11$02a0c9c0$6401a8c0@len> <3.0.2.32.20040627154106.01d8fde4@pop.infionline.net>
 
Here's a quick link to a site explaining EMP

<http://www.fas.org/nuke/intro/nuke/emp.htm>

Adam

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 15:41:06 -0400, Marc James Small
<msmall@infionline.net> wrote:
> 
> The existence of Electro-Magnetic Pulse effects from nuclear weaponry was
> classified in the US until the Reagan years, and portions of information
> about it are still unfortunately classified.
> 
><etc, snipped> 
> (A minor historic footnote:  the first use of a long shielded land-line was
> the original AUTOVON trunk between Atlanta and Boston, installed in 1938 to
> 1940 and intended as a protection against air attack.  AUTOVON became
> increasingly unuseable over the years on this line as water leakage and the
> like destroyed the original copper lines;  I believe that these have now
> been completely supplanted by optical cable but I have no direct knowledge
> of this and suspect that this information would be classified in any 
> event.)
> 
> <arc
> 
> msmall@infionline.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
> 
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In reply to: Message from ljkapner at cox.net (Leonard J Kapner) ([Leica] Tina and Her Computer: Lightening Strike!)
Message from msmall at infionline.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] EMP)