high altitude nuclear electromagnetic pulse
1High altitude nuclear explosion — High altitude nuclear explosions have historically been nuclear explosions which take place above altitudes of 50 km, still inside the Earth s atmosphere. Such explosions have been tests of nuclear weapons, used to determine the effects of the… …
2Electromagnetic pulse — Ebomb redirects here. For EBOM, see Engineering bill of materials. This article is about the general weapons effect. For other uses, see the more specific topic (for example, Electromagnetic forming) An electromagnetic pulse (sometimes… …
3High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse — A High altitude Electromagnetic Pulse, or HEMP, is emanated from the detonation of a single nuclear warhead several kilometers into the atmosphere. In the absence of proper shielding, it can destroy electronics vital to telecommunications and… …
4Nuclear testing — Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield and explosive capability of nuclear weapons. Throughout the twentieth century, most nations that have developed nuclear weapons have tested them. Testing… …
5Nuclear weapons testing — Nuclear weapons History Warfare Arms race Design Testing Effects Delivery Espionage …
6Electromagnetic bomb — An electromagnetic bomb or E bomb is a weapon designed to disable electronics with an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that can couple with electrical/electronic systems to produce damaging current and voltage surges by electromagnetic induction. The… …
7nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …
8Nuclear pulse propulsion — An artist s conception of the Project Orion basic spacecraft, powered by nuclear pulse propulsion. Nuclear pulse propulsion (or External Pulsed Plasma Propulsion, as it is termed in one recent NASA document[1]) is a proposed method of spacecraft… …
9electromagnetic radiation — Physics. radiation consisting of electromagnetic waves, including radio waves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x rays, and gamma rays. [1950 55] * * * Energy propagated through free space or through a material medium in the form of… …
10Nuclear weapons and Israel — Israel Nuclear program start date mid to late 1950s[1] First nuclear weapon test Unknown; possible join …
