Re: Disrupter beam

[Elliott Potter <epotter@abraxis.com>]

I remember a little device that was being tested for police use a while
back...
It was a small rocket propelled (?) device that would be mounted at the
bottom of the front spoiler a la James Bond, and if the police were
involved in a high speed chase, when they got to a less populated area
they could launch this thing at the car in front of them.  It would get
under the engine bay and start letting off horrendous bursts of EMI or
something that would fry any electronic components (i.e. ECU, ignition
controls, etc) of the car so it would stall.
Pretty neat...I wonder if anyone uses these yet?
--
Elliott

Brandon Hull wrote:
> 
> >my conclusion
> >is that I must have driven through some kind of force field >that
> temporarily
> >disabled the ignition system of the car.
> 
> Maybe not ludicrous.  Reading C&D or R&T, or something in a barbershop chair
> not too far back, I remember an article wherein the editor's rental Dodge
> Caravan refused to start after an overnight in an airport parking lot.  When
> the tow truck driver saw the car, he said that this happened "all the time"
> with late model Chryslers, and the Dodge mechanics concurred.  "Something"
> in the blizzard of radio signals engulfing the car disabled the ignition.
> 
> Brandon Hull
> Anyone know a good source for lead foil?