For civilian populations as well as the military? Why is our government not doing enough to protect civilian populations in this country?
2007-07-19 10:49:56 · 6 answers · asked by Marie 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
military equipment is "hardened" against EMP. and if that fails we have backups. such as field phones (thats were i cringe)
as for the civilan side of things, its not really worth it. one of the First known EMPs was created using Nuclear arms which you have other problems then your electronics being blown out. and with advances in weapons technology and the ability to create EMPs with out Nukes its to exspensive to try to harden everything. also the technology required as far as i know is pretty advanced it be hard to make without a industrailized economy
as for the goverment not "protecting" us against EMPs thats up to the private industries who are suppling the electronics your using.
2007-07-19 11:03:13 · answer #1 · answered by trionspectre666 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, the cost of producing an EMP weapon that could effectively disrupt equipment in an area larger than a few square meters would be astronomical. Second, it would be much more effective to initiate a "cyber attack" which could produce exponentially more damage than an electical magnetic pulse. Third, electrical lines generate significant amounts of EMI and EMF so it really is not necessarry to harden them. It wouldn't really proctect them, they don't need it. By harden I assume you mean EMP sheilding typically used in military sytems?
2007-07-19 19:11:56 · answer #2 · answered by Killa 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We could, but this would be extremely expensive and would take considerable time. This couldn't be done for our radio type communication service as in the way the technology works (To shield from the E+M that it works on). And on the consumer end, you would need to live in a house made of Mu metal of large thickness. It would be like trying to cover all of the oceans to keep the rain out.
As far as protecting the population, old treaties didn't allow defensive weapons, but offensive ones.
2007-07-20 08:19:01 · answer #3 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cost, mainly. There's not enough money in the United States to harden ALL the electrical lines, much less all the equipment to boot.
2007-07-19 17:54:02 · answer #4 · answered by BDZot 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Money money money.
It would mean buring all the electrical lines in the US, besides additional shielding.
Think of it this way.
A 25" tv cost around $300.00
A 25" emp shielded tv would cost $5,000.00
Get the picture?
2007-07-19 23:27:55 · answer #5 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot of our military equipment is hardened, but converting everything is way to expensive.
2007-07-19 17:55:16 · answer #6 · answered by Lew 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋