The E-Bomb - A Weapon of Electrical Mass Destruction: by Santosh

The E-bomb – A Weapon of
Electrical Mass Destruction

By
SANTOSH
INTRODUCTION
• Electromagnetic bomb is the night mare for electronic
world.
• E-bomb is advanced than any other bomb which cause
damage only for Electrical and Electronics equipment.
• E-bomb utilizes EMP pulse effect.
• We are utterly dependent on power, when its gone
things get very bad. E-bomb make use of this
dependency.
• Here we utilizing electronics to destroy electronics.
E bomb Technology Base:
• Power source – explosively pumped Flux
Compression Generator (FCG)
• FCG pioneered by Los Almos Labs during the
1950s
• FCG can produce tens of Mega Joules in tens
to hundreds of microseconds
• Peak current of FCG is 1000 X that of typical
lightning stroke
The Physics of FCG:
• Fast explosive compresses a magnetic field
• Compression transfers mechanical energy into
the magnetic field.
• Peak currents of mega amperes demonstrated
in many experiments
FCG Start current is provided by an external
source:
• Capacitor bank
• Small FCG
• MHD device
An E-Bomb:
FCG Internals:
• Armature-copper tube /fast explosive
• Stator-helical heavy wire coil
• Initiator-plane wave explosive lens
• Jacket-prevents disintegration due magnetic
forces.
FCG Operation:
• External power source pumps FCG winding
with start current
• When start current peaks, explosive lens fired
to initiate explosive burn
• Explosive pressure expands armature and
creates moving short
• Moving armature compreses magnetic field
High Power Microwave(HPM) sources:
Higher lethality than low frequency FCG

fields,many device types:
• Relativistic klystrons
• Magnetrons
• Slow wave device
• Reflex triodes
• Virtual cathode oscillator(viractor)
Viractor physics
• Relativistic electron beam punches through foil or
mesh anode
• “virtual” cathode formed by space charge bubble
behind anode
• Peak power of tens of GW for hundreds of nano
second
• Anode typically melts in about one micro second.
• Cheap and simple to manufacture
• Wide band width allows chirping of oscillation
Lethality issues in E-Bomb War heads:
• Diversity of target set makes prediction of

lethality difficult.
• Different implementations of like equipment
have differing hardness.
• Coupling efficiency is critical to lethality.
•
Coupling modes:
Front door coupling through antennas.
• Destroys RF semiconductor devices in
transmission and receiver
Back door coupling through power or data
cabling, telephone wiring
• Destroys exposed semiconductor devices
• Punches through isolation transformers.
Semiconductor vulnerability:
• Semiconductor components using CMOS,RF
bipolar,RF GaAs,NMOS DRAM processes are
destroyed by exposure to volts to tens of volts
of electrical voltage
• High speed- high density semiconductor are
highly vulnerable due small junction sizes and
low breakdown voltages.
Damage mechanism:
• Low frequency pulse produced by FCG creates
high voltage spikes on fixed wiring
infrastructure.
• Microwave radiation from HPM devices
creates high voltage standing waves on fixed
wiring infrastructure.
Example scenario:
• 10 GigaWatt 5GHz HPM E-bomb initiated at
several under 100m attitude.
• Footprint has diameter of 400 to 500m with
field strength of kv/m.
Maximizing bomb lethality:
Lethality is maximized by maximizing the power
coupled into the target set
• Maximize peak power and duration of
warhead emission(large FCG or viractor)
• Maximize efficiency of internal power transfer
in weapon
• Maximizing coupling efficiency into target set.
HPM E-bomb lethality:
Microwave bombs are potentially more lethal
due better coupling and more focused effects
• Chirping allows weapon couple into any in
band resonances
• Circular polarization of antenna allows
coupling with any aperture orientation
• Reducing detonation altitude increases field
strength at expense of foot print size.
Targeting E-bombs:
• Fixed installations (buildings , radar etc)-
conventional methods.
• Radiating mobile or hidden target(ships)-use
ESM or ELS.
• Non radiating mobile or hidden target-use un
intentional emission.
Delivery of E-bombs:
• Warhead comprises priming current sources
,FCG and viractor tube.
• Missile installation supply 100% of weapon
priming energy from own supply.
• Bomb installation-weapon can be precharged
before release from aircraft
Delivery options:
• Dumb bombs have a CEP of 100-1000 ft (free
fall delivery).
• GPS aided bombs have cep of 40ft(free fall but
guided).
• Standoff missiles have a cep of40 ft(GPS
inertial with propulsion).
• Cruise missiles have a cep of10-40 ft(eg :
USAF AGM-86derivative)
Vulnerability reduction (Hardening):
• Convert computer room into faraday cages.

• Use optical fibers for data.
• Use electromagnetic”air locks”
• Shielding must be comprehensive.
E-bomb effects
• An E-Bomb attack could leave the building and
spare lives,but it could destroy the sizeable
military.
• Low level electromagnetic pulses would
temporarily jam electronic systems.
• An E-bomb could effectively neutralizes
vehicle,targetting,navigating systems.
• In one sentence we can tell that an E-Bomb attack
reduces military unit into guerilla type army.
Applications of E-Bomb:
• This kind 0of weapons would be especially used

in an invasion of Iraq .because a pulse might
effectively neutralizes underground bunkers.
where most of the Iraq bunkers are hard to reach
with convention bombs.
• During wars the normal atom bombs greatly
disturbs the natural flora and fauna, but the
usage of this bomb induces technical destruction
isolating flora and fauna from destruction.
Conclusion:
• Intelligent usage of this bomb reduces the
enemy potential destructing their technology
and it must be noted that this e-bomb
technology might become a major threat to
existing electronics, if it falls in wrong hands.
this again proves that electronics can also be
destructive.
•
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Higher lethality than low frequency FCG

• Diversity of target set makes prediction of

• Convert computer room into faraday cages.

• This kind 0of weapons would be especially used

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