RE: Disrupter beam

["Dan Sinclair" <sinclair@prospro.com>]

I saw this one too.  Gotta love TLC...  Electromagnetic weapons are not
limited to Hollywood and sci-fi folks.  The military has demonstrated
electromagnetic and microwave radiation units.  Range and focus are
problems, but other than that, these devices are alive and well.  Said
weapons came about when nuclear weapons testers and researchers discovered
the electromagnetic pulse phenomenon from nuclear weapon detonations.  My
understanding is that it's not some bizarre computer disrupter though.  It's
simply the presence of such a powerful electrical source that it reverses
the electrical polarity of devices functioning within the proximity.  All
cars could be affected by said devices, but cars with onboard computers are
more likely to be affected because of the sensitivity of the electronics.
Watch out for black helicopters! :)

Dan Sinclair
1988 Audi 90, 67K mi.
Picture and details online at:
http://131.107.68.28/a4.org/registry/details.asp?car=761

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net
[mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]On Behalf Of Elliott Potter
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 1999 9:48 PM
To: Brett Dikeman
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject: Re: Disrupter beam


Actually, I saw this one on TLC...they showed one working.  It was a
prototype sort of thing, so this big old Ford had a huge turret or
whatever attached to its front bumper...they blew this thing off, it
looked sorta like a cartoon bomb, and it went under the second
car...poof, a little smoke, and the car stalled.  Kinda neat.....
--
Elliott

Brett Dikeman wrote:
>
> You guys have been watching "Viper" and "Goldeneye" waaaay too much.
>
> Pure Sci Fi, and that line about airports and dodge caravans...pure BS...
>
> Brett
>
> > 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?