E-BOMB

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• E-BOMB
• A WEAPON OF ELECTRICAL MASS DESTRUCTION

Presented by ANKIT KUMAR EN-III YEAR
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INTRODUCTION

• "The U.S. Air Force has hit Iraqi TV with an
  experimental electromagnetic pulse device called
  the 'E-Bomb' in an attempt to knock it off the
  air and shut down Saddam Hussein's propaganda
  machine. Iraqi satellite TV, which broadcasts 24
  hours a day outside Iraq, went off the air around
  430 a.m. local time."
• - CBS News, 3-25-03

•        E-bombs can unleash in a flash as much
  electrical power2 billion watts or moreas the
  Hoover Dam generates in 24 hours. And, although
  the Pentagon prefers not to use experimental
  weapons on the battlefield, "the world intervenes
  from time to time," - Defense Secretary Donald
  Rumsfeld.
• - Time Magazine, 1-19-03

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WHAT IS E-BOMB?(ELECTROMAGNETIC BOMB)

• IT IS THE WEAPON OF ELECTRICAL MASS
  DISRUPTION.
• IT CAN DESTROY POWER GRIDS,
• ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS and COMMUNICATIONS ALONG
  AN ENTIRECOAST BUT SPARE PEOPLE.

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BASIC IDEA
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE WEAPON EMP IS DESIGNED
TO OVERWHELM THE ELECTRIC CIRCUITRY WITH AN
INTENSE ELECTRO MAGNETIC FIELD
ELECTRIC CURRENT GENERATES MAGNETIC FIELD AND
CHANGING MAGNETIC FIELD IN TURN GENERATES A
CURRENT
AN INTENSE FLUCTUATING MAGNETIC FIELD CAN PRODUCE
A LARGE AMOUNT OF CURRENT WHICH CAN BURN LOW
POWER SEMI CONDUCTOR DEVICES
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DESIGNING A E-BOMB
BASICALLY THERE ARE TWO METHODS FOR DESIGNING A
E-BOMB
1.FLUX COMPRESSION GENERATOR (FCG) METHOD
2. VIRTUAL CATHODE OSCILLATOR (VIRCATOR)
METHOD
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FCG METHOD

• FCG IS A DEVICE WHICH CAN PRODUCE PEAK OF
  ELECTRICAL
• ENERGIES OF MEGA JOULS IN TENS TO HUNDREDS OF
  MICRO
• SECONDS OF TIME.

IT CONSISTS OF -
1) POWER SUPPLY
2) EXPLOSIVE PUMPED COPPER CYLINDER SURMOUNTED
BY HELICAL COILS.
3) A MICRO WAVE SOURCE
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FCG DIAGRAM
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VIRCATOR METHOD
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DIAGRAM
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BOMB LAYOUT
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DELIVERING THE BOMB
BOMB CAN BE DELIVERED THROUGH -
1.CRUISE MISSILE
2.CONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT
3. AIR TO AIR MISSILE
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E-BOMBS EFFECT

• IT WOULD TEMPORARILY JAM ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS
  ,MORE
• INTENSE PULSES WOULD CORRUPT IMPORTANT COMPUTER
• DATA AND VERY POWERFUL BURSTS WOULD COMPLETELY
  FRY
• ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS.

AN E-BOMB COULD EFFECTIVELY NEUTRALIZE-

• vehicle control systems
• targeting systems, on the ground and on missiles
  and
• bombs
• communications systems
• navigation systems
• long and short-range sensor systems

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DEFENCE AGAINST E-BOMB
systems which can be expected to suffer exposure
to the electromagnetic weapons effects must be
electromagnetically hardened
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LIMITATIONS
The limitations of electromagnetic weapons are
determined by weapon implementation and means of
delivery. Weapon implementation will determine
the electromagnetic field strength achievable at
a given radius, and its spectral distribution.
Means of delivery will constrain the accuracy
with which the weapon can be positioned in
relation to the intended target. Both constrain
lethality.
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CONCLUSION

• Electromagnetic bombs are Weapons of Electrical
  Mass Destruction with
• applications across a broad spectrum of targets,
  spanning both the
• Strategic and tactical. Because E-bombs can cause
  hard electrical kills
• Over larger areas than conventional explosive
  weapons of similar mass,
• They offer substantial economies in force size
  for a given level inflicted
• damage.
• E-bombs can be an affordable force multiplier for
  military forces which are
• under post Cold War pressures to reduce force
  sizes, increasing both their
• combat potential and political utility in
  resolving disputes.
• it is incumbent upon such military forces to
  appreciate both the offensive
• and defensive implications of this technology. It
  is also incumbent upon
• governments and private industry to consider the
  implications of the
• proliferation of this technology, and take
  measures to safeguard their vital
• assets from possible future attack

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