Re: EMP weapons?!?

[Arclight <arclight@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 13:44 14.08.2001 -0700, Robert J. Hansen wrote:

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>In order to generate RF energy (EMP = electromagnetic pulse, RF =
>radio-frequency), you have to have some source of power.  For a missile, your
>overwhelming constraints are size and weight--your power supply has to be
>/small/.  And also has to be capable of discharging a spectacular amount of
>energy in order to provide enough RF to knock out nearby electronics.

I saw a documentation last week, that showed a method to generate energy by 
firing a metal thing (I've got next to no knowledge about physics stuff 
:)  through a metal spool or something. Damn, my memory :)  By this, they 
claimed to produce enough power for such an effect. But that was only 
prototype stage, so I wonder what is possible today...

Arclight