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Old 25th Nov 2020, 6:58 pm   #85
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Default Re: Would we have got to the moon with no semiconductors?

I listened to part of a radio programme on World Service recently which discussed the possible use of a bomb optimised for its EMP effect. It was claimed that the long-distance, linear nature of the US power grid system made it very vulnerable, compared with a smaller country like the UK, where the grid was described as "like a spider's web".

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