Electro-magnet threats

China has accelerated the development of a new class of energy
weapons against which the United States has no defense. The new weapons
are designed to disable or destroy advanced U.S. military electronic
systems such as military radars with a single blast.

According to official Chinese army statements published by the
Chinese news agency Jiefang Ribao, the Internet version of the daily
newspaper of the Shanghai Municipal Communist Committee, the new energy
weapons are specifically designed to attack American aircraft carriers.

"As an aircraft carrier fleet is apt to come under saturation attacks
by satellite-guided missiles, its entire combat effectiveness can be
paralyzed by paralyzing its electronic equipment, which is its central
nervous system," states the Feb. 12 article by Chinese military analyst
Ye Jian entitled, "Armchair Strategy: Using a Bomb to Deal With Aircraft
Carrier."

"If the central nervous system of an aircraft carrier is paralyzed,
even a comparatively backward naval vessel or aircraft (like a Jian-6)
will be able to aim at the aircraft carrier as a conventional target,
thereby thoroughly changing the balance between the strong and the
weak," noted the Chinese military analyst.

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"The strong magnetic field and electromagnetic pulse caused by an
explosion can destroy all important integrated circuits and IC chips of
the electronic equipment within the demolition scope, thus paralyzing
the radar and telecommunication system of the aircraft carrier and
vessels around it as well as the ship-mounted missiles and aircraft."

The new Chinese "pulse" energy weapons are based on a Russian design
that uses explosives to generate huge magnetic shock waves that can
destroy delicate electronics. The new weapon system, called an "EMG" or
Explosive Magnetocumulative Generator, uses advanced conventional
explosives to compress an
electrically charged coil. The result is a short but very intense blast
of magnetic energy that can short out computers and radar systems.

Ironically, the Clinton administration allowed top U.S. and Russian
scientists to engage in a joint energy research program that helped to
improve the new energy bombs. In 1996, scientists from the U.S. Los
Alamos laboratories and the Russian Arazamas-16 nuclear research
facility conducted joint experiments using multicoil EMG systems to
simulate the powerful magnetic fields produced by stars.

EMG systems use a conventional explosive to form an implosion to
create a high magnetic field on a target. The process of creating the
magnetic field in these generators involves making a charged coil that
is wrapped in a high explosive. Before detonation, a current is sent
through the coil that creates a high magnetic field. When the warhead
is detonated the resulting implosion then squeezes the coil rapidly to
create an extremely intense magnetic field for a fraction of a second.

In military form, the EMG is a conventional warhead that produces a
magnetic pulsed field equal to a small nuclear bomb. EMGs can knock out
computers, radios, radars and fry a wide variety of electronic devices.
The U.S. version, an EMG warhead-equipped Tomahawk cruise missile, was
used by the Clinton administration for "non-lethal" strikes against
Serbian radar and command posts during the 1999 war in Kosovo.

Several other new Chinese Electro-Magnetic Pulse warheads are also
reported to be in the stages of final development. One such Chinese EMP
warhead is said to use a capacitor made with explosive materials as the
insulator between the charged plates.
The plates are charged with a heavy static electric field just prior to
setting off the explosive. When the explosive is detonated, the
electric field is disrupted by the violent blast and an EMP wave
results.

In 1999, Russia introduced a series of similar powerful energy
weapons designed to knock out computers, radars and other electronic
devices. Russia has already deployed an energy warhead, called the High
Powered Microwave system or HPM.

The HPM system is reported to include hand grenade sized bombs
effective against unprotected computers up to large-scale missile
warheads designed to attack U.S. command units. Aviation Week and Space
Technology reported that the Russian SS-21 tactical missile system is
now carrying an energy warhead capable of knocking out Patriot and Aegis
radar systems.

In addition, the Russians recently published materials on how an
energy warhead could be used in an anti-shipping role. Chinese military
forces also noted that they want to deploy the new class of energy
weapons against U.S. warships.

"An electromagnetic pulse bomb has a good anti-interception
function. It does not have to hit the aircraft carrier but only needs
to explode within dozens of kilometers around the aircraft carrier,"
states the Chinese military article.

"The success rate of its saturation attacks is high. It will perform
better if mounted on a Moskit ship-to-ship or air-to-ship missile. As
long as an electromagnetic pulse bomb
can successfully explode, an aircraft carrier will be paralyzed."

The White House spin is that there is no threat of war. The Chinese
are our friends. Bill Clinton says we have nothing to fear. Al Gore
shook hands and sipped wine with the Chinese generals and communist
leaders. The White House spin is that China will never attack the
powerful American U.S. Navy nor dare to cross the short waters between
China and Taiwan.

Yet, the People's Liberation Army clearly states that their number
one target is American sea power. Only the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier
force can foil the Chinese Army plans to dominate Asia, starting with a
blitzkrieg lighting strike at free Taiwan.
According to the Chinese military, their new energy weapons are designed
to bring "complete victory" in a war between the United States and
China.

"Aircraft carrier threats are one of the obstacles to the
reunification of the motherland," concludes the Chinese military
article. "We need to seek a way to complete victory in destroying
aircraft carrier fleets."

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