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<blockquote data-quote="aviator41" data-source="post: 2773649" data-attributes="member: 30309"><p>If I'm that far away, I've likely flown myself. The answer would be to fly home. </p><p></p><p>An EMP won't affect the electronics in an aircraft because there are very few and those that are there are protected. Most piston GA airplanes don't even need a battery to run the engine (they use magneto's). control towers all across the country would revert back to either light signals, or use off grid ground radios (like another airplane on the ground). </p><p></p><p>Keep in mind a simple Faraday cage will protect against an EMP. It's one of the reasons an EMP is not practical as a weapon.</p><p></p><p>Also, keep in mind that an EMP large enough to incapacitate medium sized electronics (anything larger than a lunch box - which doesn't include vehicle electronics like ECU's and MCU's housed in metal containers, inside metal cars) it would take a nuclear explosion on the order of 5 or more megatons with a proximity so close to you and your single-human troubles that the EMP part of the blast would be the last thing you would be worrying about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aviator41, post: 2773649, member: 30309"] If I'm that far away, I've likely flown myself. The answer would be to fly home. An EMP won't affect the electronics in an aircraft because there are very few and those that are there are protected. Most piston GA airplanes don't even need a battery to run the engine (they use magneto's). control towers all across the country would revert back to either light signals, or use off grid ground radios (like another airplane on the ground). Keep in mind a simple Faraday cage will protect against an EMP. It's one of the reasons an EMP is not practical as a weapon. Also, keep in mind that an EMP large enough to incapacitate medium sized electronics (anything larger than a lunch box - which doesn't include vehicle electronics like ECU's and MCU's housed in metal containers, inside metal cars) it would take a nuclear explosion on the order of 5 or more megatons with a proximity so close to you and your single-human troubles that the EMP part of the blast would be the last thing you would be worrying about. [/QUOTE]
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