Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!vanvleck!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!decwrl!hplabs!hpda!hp-sde!hpfcdc!hpficad!stu From: stu@hpficad.HP.COM (Stu Bell) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: ZZZZAAAAPPPP!!! Message-ID: <4110003@hpficad.HP.COM> Date: 10 Jun 88 20:49:39 GMT References: <1536@uop.edu> Organization: Hewlett Packard CICD Lines: 20 >> >>I heard on the radio last night (at about 3 a.m.) that the navy was >>going to do a test on EMP by causing a similar voltage effect out over >>the ocean to see if a ship's communication systems would get zapped. >> >The navy is playing with the unknown.. How can they simulate the EMP caused >by a nuclear explosion with out a nuclear explosion? You get an aircraft carrier, see, and put carpet all over the landing deck. Then serve a big dinner on deck, with Exlax slipped into the food. Afterward you have a big dance, so everybody scuffs their feet a lot and builds up a humongous static charge. When the Exlax takes effect, all 2000 of the crew will reach for the same doorknob at the same time, giving off a huge EMP. Mil STD EMP as per DOC 1492-4423-A. Stu Bell HP Colorado IC Division "Sleep machine? Yeah, that's it in the corner there."