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| ‘They call it electricity bomb here bcz [because] they don't know real name’ | |
| 2022-06-26 | |
It sounds like something straight out of Call of Duty video game sequel, James Bond movie, or Batman comic. Troops call in an air strike, but instead of high explosives, the pilots employ a weapon that screws with the enemy’s electronics, disabling them or making them catch fire or even explode, becoming little bombs in of themselves. But it’s not a plot device from a Hollywood blockbuster or video game. It’s a detail passed along from a journalist in Syria – and what’s more, some part of the report might be true. We've seen at least one similar rumor emanating from a modern battlefield in the past. The new report emerged on July 7, 2017, when Jenan Moussa, a “roving reporter Arabic Al Aan TV,” an Arabic-language satellite television network with its headquarters in the United Arab Emirates, wrote on Twitter that members of the U.S.-supported Syrian Democratic Forces told her American warplanes sometimes dropped an “electricity bomb.” The SDF fighters added that when the weapon went off, anyone carrying metallic items would “burn.” | |
| Posted by:Woodrow |
| #11 Magpie, I believe ARPA (DARPA predecessor) has been working on such devices off and on since the 1960s. Their developments tend to show up a generation later, but they do tend to show up. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-06-26 16:33 |
| #10 If one were detonated above a city, all electronics would shut down. No fridges, microwaves, lights or electricity. This is WW3’s weapon. How about over nuclear power plant or coal generation plant. Maybe this is what many of those satellites are? Starve, riot and die.. This is possibly the only reason for windmills. |
| Posted by: Papa Cooky 2022-06-26 14:37 |
| #9 If one were detonated above a city, all electronics would shut down. No fridges, microwaves, lights or electricity. This is WW3’s weapon. How about over nuclear power plant or coal generation plant. Maybe this is what many of those satellites are? Starve, riot and die.. This is possibly the only reason for windmills. |
| Posted by: Papa Cooky 2022-06-26 14:37 |
| #8 There has been interest in 'E-Bombs' for decades. See Non-nuclear EMP Weapons. The practical objection is that high explosive works just fine and is a lot cheaper. |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-06-26 10:54 |
| #7 Nah...Just an old parlor trick |
| Posted by: Bigfoot Spairong8002 2022-06-26 10:42 |
| #6 Too bad. I have always fantasized about a tool that would follow the communication trail back to the spammers or hackers and blow their screens up in their faces. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-06-26 10:34 |
| #5 2 for 2 today Skidmark. The US during the initial stages of the 1990's IRAQ Invasion used Carbon-Graphite bombs to kill Sadams C4I power grid, didn't we? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-06-26 09:39 |
| #4 Burns metallic items? Sounds like a kitchen microwave oven. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2022-06-26 07:40 |
| #3 Electrostatic discharge from Carbon-Graphite bombs? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-06-26 07:32 |
| #2 Not flux compression generators - keep waiting to see one of those tested outside Nevada or Lop Nor |
| Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 2022-06-26 06:46 |
| #1 Something that could induce a current to trigger any electrically fused bombs (IEDs) in an area could be quite useful. And might be possible. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-06-26 01:32 |