Posted by: Randy
« on: January 22, 2008, 10:47:36 AM »Not certain about this, but I believe such a weapon would cause increased crew casualties vs hardware problems.
This has been inadvertently tested by some real turds in a town near here that tested the theory on a cat. (Yes, charges were laid, not convicted yet).
Also some research I saw previously stated that the energy level required to damage a computer would likely kill anyone using it at the time...
If you don't want crew casualties associated, them this would be much better described as an EMP cannon (electro-magnetic pulse). This would take out electronics, and do relatively little (directly) to crew members.
This has been inadvertently tested by some real turds in a town near here that tested the theory on a cat. (Yes, charges were laid, not convicted yet).
Also some research I saw previously stated that the energy level required to damage a computer would likely kill anyone using it at the time...
If you don't want crew casualties associated, them this would be much better described as an EMP cannon (electro-magnetic pulse). This would take out electronics, and do relatively little (directly) to crew members.