If you should ever check out your government's publications Al, you will see that they have been working on a bomb to do exactly that for some time - a huge burst of electro magnetic energy that will fry everything electronic that is within range. I could be wrong but I believe it is still limited to line of sight, so it will be a high level air burst. This does mean that it is still suitable for use round the other side of the world though. Tony. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:46 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Swarf! > What bothers me is: what if by some Solar phenomenon > should knock out all the computer systems worldwide at > the same fell swoop, what is the present generation > going to do in order to survive? > > Al Messer, still trying to master 19th Century > technology > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.