Part 44 (1/2)
”Yeah, well, one result of a nuclear blast is a terrific release of electroh to blow out communications and power lines for miles That's one reason that silos are hardened - to keep the communications lines open to permit the President or whoever's still alive to shoot back”
”Like I said,” Tyrone shuddered, ”pleasant thought” He stopped suddenly at turned to Scott ”So it was a baby nuke?”
”No, it was EMP-T,” Scott said in such a way to annoy Ty
”Electro Magnetic Pulse Transformer” The confusion on Tyrone's face was clear ”Ok, it's actually pretty simple You knohat interference sounds like on the radio or looks like on a TV?”
”Sure My cell phone snaps, crackles and pops all of the tiy that interferes with the signal Right?” Scott waited for Tyrone to respond that he understood so far
”Good I that it not only interferes with the signal, but overloads the electronics thenetis different forht I knew that all the tinetic explosion, very very short, only a few estured to indicate the nitude of the invisible explosion ”That was the boe”
”How can you possibly know that?” Tyrone asked with a hint of professional derision ”That requires a big leap of faith”
Scott leaned over to the side of the couch and picked up the two itee
”This,” Scott said handing a piece of cera material Real new It can superconduct at roolass, ”is a piece of a high energy ruby laser”
Tyrone turned the curios over and over in his hands ”So?” he asked
”By driving the output of the laser into a High Energy Static Capacitive Tank, the energy can be discharged into the super coil The instantaneous release of energy creates a ers ”And that's h to blow out conetic within a thousand yards”
Tyrone was now ignoring the football action He stared alternate- ly at Scott and the curious glass and ceraht? Sounds like science fiction”
”But the fact is that the Stock Exchange still isn't open Their entire tape library is gone Poof! Empty, thus the name EMP-T
It empties computers Whoever did this has a real bad tee They wanted to destroy the information, and not the hardware itself Otherwise the conventional blast would have been stronger The Cemex was used to destroy the evidence of the EMP-T device”
”Where the hell do these boinally developed as part of a Top Secret DARPA project for the DoD with NSA guidance a few years back”
”Then how do you know about it?”
”I did the docuot from the manufacturer was marked classified and we didn't know or care”
”What was the Arreat interest
”You know, I had forgotten all about this stuff until the other night, and then it all ca ”At the tiovernment folly The EMP-T was supposed to be shot at the enemy to screw up his battlefield coround troops or helo's went it As I understand it, EMP-T bombs are made for planes, and can also be launched fro to the nature to that of a conventional nuclear blast If there is such a thing as a conventional nuke”
”Who else knows about this,” Tyrone asked ”The police?”
”You think the NYPD would knohat to look for?” Scott said snidely ”Their bomb squad went hoet where I was”
”Think about it,” Scott mused out loud ”A bomb that destroys all of the co”