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electromagnetic pulse [i¦lek·trō·mag′ned·ik ′pəls] (electromagnetism) The pulse of electromagnetic radiation generated by a large thermonuclear explosion. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| And whose coverage is exposed if terrorists use electromagnetic pulse devices to disable thousands of circuit boards, affecting everything from traffic signals to airport control towers? The new system was designed to function even in the case of an electromagnetic pulse and radiation following a nuclear blast, Gould said. ``Using an electromagnetic pulse device, such people could cause a near instantaneous and totally disruptive effect on the operations of the voting machines, particularly on the tapes, the disks, adjacent circuits and the operations of the voting machines. |
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