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'Even the cockroaches won't survive':
Expert discusses Hezbollah's new EMP weapon

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Posted By: sunset, 8/27/2024 7:20:27 PM

The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported that Iran has supplied Hezbollah and other Iranian proxy forces with electromagnetic ordnance, which can disable communication systems and shut down radars. Rotem Mey-Tal, CEO of Asgard Systems, a company developing military technology for the defense industry and the initiator of the "30U30 in Defense" competition for 2024, discussed the issue. First, what is electromagnetic ordnance? (snip) In essence, imagine lightning striking the building you live in, not hitting a lightning rod or antenna, but the entire building, causing all the electrical panels, water heaters, water and electrical systems, household appliances, computers, television systems, and even life-saving medical systems to stop working.

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Six billion dollars in Bidenomic provided funds lets Iran build a lot of bombs.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: philsner 8/27/2024 7:28:15 PM (No. 1785979)
If it was so great they would have already used it.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: konocti95 8/27/2024 7:30:53 PM (No. 1785982)
I suspect this does not exist in a non-nuclear form. The article is a month old.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Mushroom 8/27/2024 7:37:26 PM (No. 1785984)
Someone does not understand EMP. Sheesh
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Reply 4 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 8/27/2024 7:50:55 PM (No. 1785990)
Somebody is looking for some defense spending dollars.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 8/27/2024 7:58:59 PM (No. 1785994)
Mostly BS and hype. Roaches wouldn't even notice it.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: skacmar 8/27/2024 9:17:26 PM (No. 1786016)
Even the roaches won't survive sounds more like the results of Israel's retaliation against Hezbollah if they were to use an EMP weapon on Israel.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 8/27/2024 9:59:08 PM (No. 1786031)
Besides, the roaches definitely will survive. They're roaches!
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Skinnydip 8/28/2024 12:18:47 AM (No. 1786055)
Middle Eastern countries sure have a tendency to exaggerate their military capabilities.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Wetenschapper 8/28/2024 4:06:21 AM (No. 1786077)
I'd suggest to some previous posters that "roaches" is used only metaphorically in the title. A close reading reveals that the article merely draws an analogy between small electrical devices and integrated circuit chips, and the actual, biological roaches that cold-war-era fearmongering used to claim would be the only survivors of a nuclear war.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: hershey 8/28/2024 7:01:01 AM (No. 1786155)
EMP is a real pain...had a nearby lightning strike a couple months ago and the power surge took out my Ham radio, computer interface, laptop, display, a couple ceiling lights and a garage door opener...and about two weeks later, my desktop failed and I strongly suspect the surge weakened something in the unit...all in all, a real pain in the rear end...since then I've replaced all the electrical plug extensions with surge protected ones, and had a protector installed on my incoming power line...
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Strike3 8/28/2024 8:04:47 AM (No. 1786225)
Cockroaches are immune to every kind of radiation so, no. If Hezbollah uses anything like this one time, they will likely knock out their own electronics along with the rest of the Middle East.
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