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HPMs can unleash in a flash as much electrical power--2 billion watts or more--as the Hoover Dam generates in 24 hours. Capacitors aboard the missile discharge an energy pulse--moving at the speed of light and impervious to bad weather--in front of the missile as it nears its target. That pulse can destroy any electronics within 1,000 ft. of the flash by short-circuiting internal electrical connections, thereby wrecking memory chips, ruining computer motherboards and generally screwing up electronic components not built to withstand such powerful surges. It's similar to what can happen to your...
...small plane, but there are much greater costs. I have had four colleagues who, along with their families, perished in crashes. By comparison, I have lost one friend in a car crash and none via commercial flights. All four of my pilot friends were qualified for night and bad-weather flights. Like J.F.K. Jr., too many small-craft pilots don't fly often enough to stay sharp, or they take off, bad weather or not, because plans were made and time is short. Give me terra firma any time, even with traffic delays. RONALD ROTTSCHAFER Psychologist Oak Brook...
...cattle have died of cold and starvation in Mongolia's fourth-successive winter of disastrous weather...
...Weather: The optimal winter conditions for ground warfare in Iraq won't last beyond April Scale of the deployments: The U.S. and Britain will struggle to maintain such a large force on standby in the region through the summer Politics: Support for a war is beginning to ebb domestically and opposition abroad and at home is rapidly mounting - and both trends are more likely to grow rather than shrink the longer the decision is deferred Economics: The prospect of war is having a profoundly negative effect on U.S. and world markets, and continuing uncertainty over Iraq dampens prospects...
...overall handling was exceptional, and it starts unbelievably—regardless of the weather,” Brown said. “I think it’s the wave of the future...