EMP attack - Would/could you keep going?
Discussion
We've all seen it in the film's - a massive EMP pulse (technically a NEMP - Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse) triggered somehow, usually by the "bad guys", causes disaster. Everything stops working - computers are dead and helicopters fall out of the sky. That kind of thing.
I'm guessing things like the Presidential State Car and military vehicles are protected against this kind of threat, but your everyday car almost certainly isn't. Anything remotely modern wouldn't stand a chance.
We've had the "zombie apocalypse survival vehicle" thread before, so on a similar-ish theme, how far back do you realistically need to go, in order to find an everyday car (at least for the time), which could carry on going after an EMP attack?
To set the ball rolling it off, I presume anything with an ECU is automatically out of the question, but what about a simple coil and points based ignition - that's all pretty basic stuff, but would that carry on working, post EMP?
I thought it could make an interesting topic for discussion...
I'm guessing things like the Presidential State Car and military vehicles are protected against this kind of threat, but your everyday car almost certainly isn't. Anything remotely modern wouldn't stand a chance.
We've had the "zombie apocalypse survival vehicle" thread before, so on a similar-ish theme, how far back do you realistically need to go, in order to find an everyday car (at least for the time), which could carry on going after an EMP attack?
To set the ball rolling it off, I presume anything with an ECU is automatically out of the question, but what about a simple coil and points based ignition - that's all pretty basic stuff, but would that carry on working, post EMP?
I thought it could make an interesting topic for discussion...
Moved to "Science" - really!?
It's a pity the mod that moved this didn't appear to make an effort to actually read the topic of discussion. It was a general car related subject, so "General Gassing" seemed the perfect place for it - nothing to do with the the actual science behind an EMP.
Well that's killed this thread then. It looked like it had potential too, looking at the replies. Shame. :-(
It's a pity the mod that moved this didn't appear to make an effort to actually read the topic of discussion. It was a general car related subject, so "General Gassing" seemed the perfect place for it - nothing to do with the the actual science behind an EMP.
Well that's killed this thread then. It looked like it had potential too, looking at the replies. Shame. :-(
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