EMPs fall off with the square of the distance, there’s a reason the only ones with any kind of regional effect we’ve been able to produce were through the use of nuclear weapons. Even in the event that you had some non-nuclear means to produce them the cost of hardening your own equipment and producing the EMP would be way higher than the cost of the drones, and you’d also be putting a very high value target on the field to be taken out by artillery.
After reading what our current capabilities to produce non-nuclear electromagnetic pulses, all the requirements are basically non-starters. Tho from the limited amount I could find, directional high energy electromagnetic weapons might be an option if you could get it to backpack size and slapped it on a turret. But even that is magical thinking.
Thanks! This sub has not only informed me, but inspired me to read on practical energy weapons too.
EMPs fall off with the square of the distance, there’s a reason the only ones with any kind of regional effect we’ve been able to produce were through the use of nuclear weapons. Even in the event that you had some non-nuclear means to produce them the cost of hardening your own equipment and producing the EMP would be way higher than the cost of the drones, and you’d also be putting a very high value target on the field to be taken out by artillery.
After reading what our current capabilities to produce non-nuclear electromagnetic pulses, all the requirements are basically non-starters. Tho from the limited amount I could find, directional high energy electromagnetic weapons might be an option if you could get it to backpack size and slapped it on a turret. But even that is magical thinking.
Thanks! This sub has not only informed me, but inspired me to read on practical energy weapons too.