The simple idea of an e-bomb is to destroy electrical circuits using strong electromagnetic fields. An e-bomb is a weaponry shell that sends out an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) of enormous power, capable of permanently disabling electronic systems. An electromagnetic bomb is a weapon instead of simply cutting off power in an area; an e-bomb would actually destroy most machines that use electricity. Generators would be hopeless as well as making a phone call and cars wouldn't run. In a matter of seconds, an e-bomb could take an entire city back 200 years.
Compton, A. H. was the first one to put the theory used in electromagnetic bombs forward in 1925 for the study of atoms. The development of electromagnetic bombs was based on his findings. By the beginning of the 21st century, the United States and the United Kingdom scientists started to develop e-bombs. At the same time, some people warned that terrorists might be capable of building their own but much less complicated. Carbon-graphite coils were used to generate an electromagnetic pulse, which are used to build e-bombs. Carbon-graphite equipped rockets were used by the USA forces in the attacks on Iraq in 1991 and in 2003. Recently e-bombs started to be in the headlines, but actually the idea of EMP weapons has been researched and studied for a long time. Between the 60s and 80s, the United States was most concerned with the possibility of a nuclear EMP attack.
Moreover, the idea of EMP nuclear weapons research has been around from the 1950s. American tests of a hydrogen bomb produced some shocking results in 1958. A test over the Pacific Ocean ended up blowing out streetlights hundred miles away in parts of Hawaii. The explosion even disrupted radio equipment in Australia....
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