DAILY DIALECTIC
March 14, 2009
"Electronics-frying 'e-bombs' have been discussed for decades — but rarely, if ever, deployed... Now the U.S. Army is developing technology... Hybrid munitions would give warheads the added punch of an e-bomb that can 'destroy and disable electronic systems and their operators' all in one blast. The key is a magnet that blows up and spontaneously demagnetizes, releasing energy as a pulse of power. Oh, and antennas made of fire..."

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