Army has new design for EMP bomb

On Mar 25, 2:04*am, Pat Flannery wrote:
Arved Sandstrom wrote:
An EMP-enhanced Tow missile would produce a pulse strong enough to
destroy what it hits, but should not disrupt electronics over a wide
area. The possibilities of electronic “friendly fire” rule out more
powerful tactical e-bombs...[ SNIP ]

Pretty handy concept...frying the electronics of the thing you just
blew up.

Hey... it's the only way to be sure. ;-)
Joking aside, this would let you use a TOW as a dual-purpose
weapon...you could hit a tank with it or fire it into a enemy
installation to destroy its electronics via the EMP effect without
needing to change its design in any way.
I would guess that around 95% of the RPG-7's ever fired in combat were
never aimed at a armored vehicle, but simply for their explosive effect
on impact, hollow-charge warhead or not.

Pat

Some using the timed explosive on the RPG as a form of AA against
helicopters, usually 900-1400 meters.

http://www.maritimesecurity.com/rpg7.htm