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Old 9th Mar 2016, 11:28
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Willard Whyte
 
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'CHAMP' uses a non-nuclear warhead to generate an EMP. Given that '35 is an intended carrier it's probably got some shielding in place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counte...issile_Project

One might imagine fibre-optical data transmission, as opposed to wires, might be a partial solution to vulnerability.
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