Gentlemen,
Does everyone realize that there are many difference types of electromagnetic pulses?
This free, easy to find document on Wikipedia explains that;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse
Different types of EMP arise from natural, man-made, and weapons effects.
“Types of natural EMP events include:
Lightning electromagnetic pulse (LEMP). The discharge is typically an initial current flow of perhaps millions of
amps, followed by a train of pulses of decreasing energy.
Electrostatic discharge (ESD), as a result of two charged objects coming into proximity or even contact.
Meteoric EMP. The discharge of electromagnetic energy resulting from either the impact of a
meteoroid with a spacecraft or the explosive breakup of a meteoroid passing through the Earth's atmosphere.
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Coronal mass ejection (CME), sometimes referred to as a solar EMP. A burst of
plasma and accompanying magnetic field, ejected from the solar corona and released into the
solar wind.
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Types of (civil) man-made EMP events include:
Switching action of electrical circuitry, whether isolated or repetitive (as a pulse train).
Electric motors can create a train of pulses as the internal electrical contacts make and break connections as the armature rotates.
Gasoline engine ignition systems can create a train of pulses as the spark plugs are energized or fired.
Continual switching actions of digital electronic circuitry.
Power line surges. These can be up to several kilovolts, enough to damage electronic equipment that is insufficiently protected.
Types of military EMP include:
Nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NEMP), as a result of a nuclear explosion. A variant of this is the high altitude nuclear EMP (HEMP), which produces a secondary pulse due to particle interactions with the
Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field.
Non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse (NNEMP) weapons.”
The EMP surge protector may in fact protect from lighting, ESD, and power line surges.
I believe that most of us think of EMPs as from weapons such as NEMP and NNEMP. For those only shielding electronic circuits will even begin to protect electronic systems.
Military EMP may be “A
nuclear electromagnetic pulse (
nuclear EMP or
NEMP) is a burst of
electromagnetic radiation created by a
nuclear explosion. The resulting rapidly varying
electric and
magnetic fields may couple with electrical and electronic systems to produce damaging current and
voltage surges. The specific characteristics of a particular nuclear EMP event vary according to a number of factors, the most important of which is the
altitude of the detonation.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse
Bottom line is that a NEMP, HEMP, or NNEMP will emit energy similar to radio waves, magnetic waves of flux, and/or radiation that are EVERYWHERE! Face it, only a metal building, deep tunnel, or wrapping oneself in a lead blanket will interfere with an amplitude modulated (AM) radio signal. What happens if instead of a millionth of a volt of power on that AM signal, there were 50,000 or more volts permeating all the air/atmosphere around us. We’d all be dead unless that high voltage was only there for an instant in time. Heck, flora and fauna would survive as would good old vacuum and transistors bigger that one’s thumb. For those thousands or millions of very small transistors on a thumbnail size microchip, sound taps!
There it is. A military EMP weapon bursting over the northern Midwest USA will, well I hope you guys have a few Armalite Rifles and cases of ammo stashed away. Give it a week or two and you will see what good men, your neighbors and those from farther walking distance will do to survive. And that’s how typical Russians think. Survival, but that’s another debate…
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“The mechanism for a 400-kilometre-high (250 mi; 1,300,000 ft) burst EMP: gamma rays hit the atmosphere between 20–40 km (66,000–131,000 ft) altitude, ejecting electrons which are then deflected sideways by the Earth's magnetic field. This makes the electrons radiate EMP over a large area. Because of the curvature and downward tilt of Earth's magnetic field over the US, the maximum EMP occurs south of the detonation and the minimum occurs to the north”
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