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echo: barktopus
to: Don Hills
from: Bill Lucy
date: 2004-02-24 02:35:32
subject: Re: Star Wars Missile Defense - RIP

From: Bill Lucy 

From the Mars probe, Don Hills says...
> It would take a lot to shield the "manoeuver element",
because it would have
> to know when and in what direction to manoeuver. That entails "looking and
> listening", which is difficult to shield against EMP.

In a Minuteman III, there's a lot of redundancy in the third stage guidance unit,
which is responsible for the MIRV deployment. I would assume that sort of
redundancy would be adequate.

I must admit that I know very little about EMP.

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