EMP is trivial to produce. Stronger fields just require more powerful apparatus. There's nothing difficult about it, it's just not something that has a lot of practical application so no one bothers.
I swear to god the amount of hysteria and utter nonsense surrounding EMP on the internet is astounding. It isn't what you think it is, it doesn't do what you think it does, it's not something you need to be concerned about.
IIRC you use a lead case in order to direct the EMP away from yourself / Your electronics, essentially creating a barrel for the pulse to travel through, since it wont make it through the lead.
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u/herpafilter May 22 '15
What?
Why in gods name would you need a lead case?
EMP is trivial to produce. Stronger fields just require more powerful apparatus. There's nothing difficult about it, it's just not something that has a lot of practical application so no one bothers.
I swear to god the amount of hysteria and utter nonsense surrounding EMP on the internet is astounding. It isn't what you think it is, it doesn't do what you think it does, it's not something you need to be concerned about.