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Re: arsclist Electromagnetic pulse weapons
John Hayward-Warburton wrote:
Subject: arsclist Electromagnetic pulse weapons
> > An area worth further investigation in this context is the use of low
> > frequency bombs to damage or destroy magnetic tape libraries.
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Is it time to start making CD-Rs of it all?
>
No, quite the contrary, the EMP (electromagnetic pulse) works by
generating very, very large and short current pulses in all
conductive materials. This would probably mean that all
metallisation would evaporate, certainly if its thermal time constant is too low, hence the CD-technology would not be immune. Magnetic tapes would only be susceptible to the extent that they are close to potentially current-carrying structures. Compare to investigations on the effect of strokes of lightning.
Best regards and happy new millenium,
George Brock-Nannestad
Preservation Tactics