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Whenever I read about EMP it reminds me of an interesting device called an explosively pumped flux compression generator (EPFCG). It generates an EMP using explosives but the blast is not the goal it's generating a massive electrical current (millions f amps in a microsecond).

From what I can understand an EPFCG needs an explosive-driven ferromagnetic generator (EDFMG). I imagine the EDFMG is used like a fuse or blasting cap for the EPFCG.

I'm not sure of the size of the devices.

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1996/...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive-driven_ferromagnetic...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosively_pumped_flux_compre...



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