Re: EMP

From	jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Newsgroups	uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.antenna, comp.misc
Subject	Re: EMP
Date	2015-11-17 21:34 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<f3jshc-sd2.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink)
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In rec.radio.amateur.antenna Roger Hayter <roger@hayter.org> wrote:
> <jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com> wrote:
> 
>> In rec.radio.amateur.antenna Rambo <Rambo@thisaintreal.org> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:10:50 +0000, Fred Roberts <foo@bar.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> >>On 17/11/2015 18:30, gareth wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Those who were self-taught to the exclusion of sideband and sidetone
>> >>> are no doubt unaware that in the event of a nuclear detonation that
>> >>> an EMP will melt the RF amps in their RXs because of the amount of
>> >>> power that their antennae will pick up?
>> >>>
>> >>> Anyway, in the light of the events in Paris last Friday, and
>> >>> previously the attack on the World Trade Centre on 11/9  the costly
>> >>> and unnecessary nuclear deterrent doesn't seem to be working awfully
>> >>> well, does it?
>> >>
>> >>Well we haven't been nuked yet ;-)
>> > 
>> > Well the Soviet Nuclear weapon defence threat kept the Americans under
>> > control for decades.
>> 
>> As well as the Brits.
> 
> The UK nuclear weapons are firmly under the control of the Americans
> anyway, so I don't think we have them for other than ceremonial and
> solidarity reasons.   They're not cheap either.
 
So if the UK were nuked, there would be no retaliation until the US
allowed it?

 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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EMP "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-11-17 18:30 +0000
  Re: EMP Fred Roberts <foo@bar.com> - 2015-11-17 19:10 +0000
    Re: EMP Rambo <Rambo@thisaintreal.org> - 2015-11-17 19:16 +0000
      Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 20:10 +0000
        Re: EMP roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2015-11-17 21:03 +0000
          Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 21:34 +0000
            Re: EMP Rambo <Rambo@thisaintreal.org> - 2015-11-17 22:06 +0000
              Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 22:26 +0000
              Re: EMP roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2015-11-18 00:31 +0000
                Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-18 01:54 +0000
            Re: EMP roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2015-11-18 00:31 +0000
              Re: EMP Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2015-11-18 01:19 +0000
                Re: EMP "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-11-18 11:23 +0000
              Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-18 02:07 +0000
                Re: EMP Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2015-11-18 02:39 +0000
          Re: EMP Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2015-11-18 01:19 +0000
            Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-18 02:09 +0000
            Re: EMP Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> - 2015-11-18 09:01 +0000
  Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 20:09 +0000
    Re: EMP Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2015-11-17 20:40 +0000
      Re: EMP "FranK Turner-Smith G3VKI" <g3vKi@turner-smith.uK> - 2015-11-19 00:23 +0000
        Re: EMP Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2015-11-19 00:29 +0000
          Re: EMP "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-11-19 04:40 +0000
            Re: EMP "FranK Turner-Smith G3VKI" <g3vKi@turner-smith.uK> - 2015-11-19 20:35 +0000
  Re: EMP "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-11-17 21:02 +0000
  Re: EMP "Wayne" <mygarbagecan@verizon.net> - 2015-11-17 13:56 -0800
    Re: EMP rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 17:30 -0500
      Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 22:38 +0000
        Re: EMP rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 17:53 -0500
          Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-17 23:12 +0000
            Re: EMP rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-17 23:36 -0500
              Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-18 06:03 +0000
                Re: EMP rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 08:12 -0500
                Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-18 19:19 +0000
              Re: EMP "Wayne" <mygarbagecan@verizon.net> - 2015-11-18 08:13 -0800
                Re: EMP rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-18 11:39 -0500
  Re: EMP AndyW <Andy@nojunqmail.com> - 2015-11-18 07:55 +0000
    Re: EMP Tom <donotreply@nothere.net> - 2015-11-19 19:12 -0600
      Re: EMP jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-20 02:43 +0000
  Re: EMP "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2015-11-21 18:54 +0000

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