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June 7, 2009
A new study over 90% of all cars on the road in the UK and around 85% of the vehicles in the US would be rendered completely useless if an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) were to be released upon them. The research, which was commissioned by Cable ties producer Hellerman Tyton, showed that almost all cars would cease to work and cost thousands to repair if they were in an EMP blast zone.Whilst their are only a few countries that have access to this kind of technology, some have reported that EMPs with a 300 square metre blast zone have now been created.
Electromagnetic pulses work by generating such a large electrical current that it fries all semiconductor components in electrical devises beyond repair. What this means is that all semiconductor-reliant hardware, such as televisions and cell phones would have their internal system destroyed. Most cars now also include a large range of electrical systems to help them run and would lose function of all of its electrical components. As most of us are heavily reliant on vehicle for work and everyday life, the economy of an effected country would be hit hard. This is just one reason why it would make such an effective weapon.
The conductors of the research also added that the government’s new vehicle scrappage scheme will soon add even more vulnerable cars to our roads. Cars that are being made nowadays include a much greater amount of electrical implements than older cars. These developments may increase their functionality but at the same time they are becoming increasing fragile to electrical attacks. Even the new LED technology being fitted to a lot of cars will no longer work if they are subject to an EMP burst. There is not a vast amount we can do to protect ourselves unfortunantly as their will also be an ever increasing demand for the newest technology to be put in our cars. We just have to hope a big EMP will never happen
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