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Guns not affected by CME
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 2:12 pm
by philip964
http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capit ... years-ago/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Guns do not plug into a socket, so are not affected by a Coronal Mass Ejection.
I'm not sure how I would handle a year or so power outage.
Re: Guns not affected by CME
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 5:01 pm
by sjfcontrol
Obviously an effect of global warming. (Maybe solar-system warming?).
Re: Guns not affected by CME
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:59 pm
by philip964
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101875747" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hedge fund manager warns his clients about EMP, but he means CME.
Re: Guns not affected by CME
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:45 am
by Pawpaw
No, he means what he says. An EMP, or more correctly a HEMP (High-Energy Magnetic Pulse) is one of the effects of a nuclear blast. A CME hitting the earth would also cause an EMP.
In simple terms, what happens is that either event causes a strong, fast moving magnetic field which will induce high voltage in any wire it passes through. That voltage will fry electronic components everywhere.
Before I retired from the USAF, I lead the team that installed all communications for the nation's early warning computer system when they moved it into a HEMP shielded room. All comm in and out of that room goes over fiber optics. No wire allowed.
One viable tactic for using nukes is a high altitude burst. There is very little physical damage or fallout from such a blast, but the HEMP will wreak havoc on anything electrical.