As a EE PE in 32 US states (look it up) and a former Pulse power staff member at Los Alamos for 20yrs, it's hard not to read this 3 page thread and laugh. Perhaps a 6month online course in electromagnetic theory (and basic circuits) is in order prior to all the posts here. I've never heard so much nonsense over EMP in my life, but by all means the government/military knows what to do
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Movies are not science; Eyeballs don't perform engineering; The boogieman is not real. Sorry for the update. But if there's government spending to be had, those are certainly ways to spend it "just in case". Some Admiral/general out there knows best.
"it sneaks in"?, that's a good one. "All military vehicles are EMP proof", that's a better one.
I've seen lightning induced EMP effects in industry. I've seen pulse power induced EMP effects at LANL at >##k Amps. "EMP proof" is not a discrete thing, it doesn't exist. Kinda like "lightning protection", which the DOE loves to spend money on, as a discrete thing, is imaginary. Even a faraday cage can be overwhelmed. It's all right there in the Maxwell/Lentz formulas.
The next time you see lightning within 0-5 miles of your house, and nothing burns out, consider your house EMP proof lol. That's the effective standard of the military "EMP proof".
Consider this, a 3 phase induction motor (or single phase) of fixed nameplate HP can draw/produce INFINITE output power if loaded as such until the heat losses melt the supply feeder wires and the windings itself, and upstream trans. If you can answer why, then you know why there is no such thing as "EMP proof".
A moving magnetic field (pulse is a moving field) will induce an EMF on any conductive material it moves across/thru. That EMF will then induce a proportional current in that material to relieve the EMF. That current will produce Ohmic heat (ohms law) in the conductive material. If the ohmic heat is high enough, the conductive material will melt. (Fuel lines are nice soft metal). That includes your duces, 3116 CATs or any machine that uses metal alloys that melt at less than the temperature of the sun.
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Q: how strong is the EMP pulse? A: can your LMTV drive over an 18" curb with 25klbs? It's all arbitrary nonsense that allows the DOD to spend money. Science is a continuum.
So, EMP proof your humvee, but don't drive by a ##kAmp discharge test assembly, or park near that tree on the farm that 1M Amp lighting likes to hit.
Lastly, the guy who pointed out the rad effects of a nuke blast is spot on. get in your bunker and put on your MIRA CBRN mask. Fix the burned out computer boards later. Tip: use metal conduit not PCV. 0-5mile away land lightning strikes will fry boards that are connected to wiring in underground PVC pipe.