Electro-magnetic Bomb

I think there are methods to generate EMP without using a nuke or EMP bomb. Here's one I found


However, I would think that most US forces have shielding against EMP. The B-2 nuclear-capable bomber, for example, has such shielding (if it didn't have any it would lose its electronic systems and fall out of the sky after dropping a nuke). It shouldn't be a surprise if a US CVBG have such protection too

Technicaly speaking, every electronic device emits EMP waves, although the ammount of it is just so small that it dosent really do anything. If one could rig a device to increase this ammount of EMP waves at a specific time, it might cause whatever device to self-destruct, and if signifigant enough to disable any device in the emediate area.

I dont know if this is possible, but with the correct EMP sheilding of the electronics, would it be probable to make a 'gun' that fires concentrated EMP emissions?

If China wanted to EMP a U.S. Aircraft Carrier group, then the best way to do that would be to use the DF-15. That is probably the most accurate Chinese ballistic missile at the moment, and we know that it is perfectly capable of locking on to a CBG. If it hit the deck with a conventional warhead, it would cause serious damage. If it struck the carrier with an EMP warhead, the result would be catastrophic. All advanced defences in the group would fail, making it a sitting duck for Chinese sub or air attack. A bomber would be to vulnerable, and China doesn't posess any good-quality bombers at the moment. Even if it did, a missile is still the best opition. Any bomber attacking a CBG would be an easy target for the CBG's Aegis defence system.

carriers are shielded, because the Russians thought the same thing. Nukes are just bad ideas in general.

But would it be possible to EMP satillites? By nuclear means or (preferably) other?

I came up with another way to destroy the US militaries satillite network. I haven't done any research to see if it is feasable, so that is why I'm posting it here. You could launch satillites with nuclear warheads/EMP device inside, and let them orbit the earth. There would have to be quite a few, but they could easily be disguiesd (I think) as something much more conventional such as a simple communications satillite or something. Then, when ever nesessary, you could detonate one or all of them, trying to coincide with the passing of another satillite/s that you wish to target. Would it work? This is pretty off topic, but I am very curious.

Well supposedly China has a robust anti-satellite program since they know the US needs its satellites during war. So if China has anything to destroy satellites, there will be something that doesn't need EMP to destroy it.

The only way I know how to get rid of a sattelite is to either shoot it or jam it with another sattelite(micro-sattelite). Since china does not have high-altitude aircraft like the mig-25 or f-15, and has a very strong sattelite program, Im going to beleive the second of my options.

MIGleader said:

The only way I know how to get rid of a sattelite is to either shoot it or jam it with another sattelite(micro-sattelite).

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Jamming it would probably be a better idea than blowing it up in the manner I suggested, since using nukes in any situation is, well....dangerous, to say the least. Those things should have warning labels. But I'm sure that the Americans have thought of a way to protect against jamming. Simply blowing up the satillite would solve that. And it might be more reliable than jamming. (Jamming equipment can break.)

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Electro-magnet bomb is non-nuclear. In fact, BAE Armament System Division in Minneapolis was given a contract for the design and production of the 32 MJ (mega joules) laboratory launcher for the US Navy. The design and fabrication of the 32 MJ lab Launcher will be a major step toward development of a full scale tactical 64 MJ EM (Electro-Magnetic) gun weapon system for the US Navy. The device is a low-cost concept for both naval surface-fire support and army non line-of- sight engagements using EM gun launcher. The projectile has a flight mass of 15 kg and contains either multiple kinetic-energy flechettes (darts) or a small number of sub penetrators made of tungsten. In its naval guise it has a muzzle energy of 64 MJ ; a muzzle velocity of 2,500 m/s; a maximium range in excess of 500 km and a impact velocity of 1,600 m/s.

thanks a lot