“I recall hearing about the electrical infrastructure warhead in the 1980s at work. It would have been a fairly straightforward development, just explosive and carbon fiber.”
We had at one time a weapon system in inventory that operated similarly known as a “CROW” ( Continuous Rod Opening Warhead) basically it would form a circular saw like rod that was designed to cut or shear through targets while in flight. It could have been adapted or modified to produce the infrastructure damaging weapon you describe.
My impression from what I was told is that it was not a particularly monolithic shaped warhead, but a fibrous casing made from very long strands of carbon fiber. The explosion would expand the casing, separate the fibers, allowing them to settle where they may over so many square meters of target area.
Not exactly the power grid per se. More likely specific substations or transformer complexes. It could add up to the same thing, considering how serious it is for everything to be in synch.
“I recall hearing about the electrical infrastructure warhead in the 1980s at work. It would have been a fairly straightforward development, just explosive and carbon fiber.”
We had at one time a weapon system in inventory that operated similarly known as a “CROW” ( Continuous Rod Opening Warhead) basically it would form a circular saw like rod that was designed to cut or shear through targets while in flight. It could have been adapted or modified to produce the infrastructure damaging weapon you describe.
My impression from what I was told is that it was not a particularly monolithic shaped warhead, but a fibrous casing made from very long strands of carbon fiber. The explosion would expand the casing, separate the fibers, allowing them to settle where they may over so many square meters of target area.
That’s a plausible weapon design. Short-circuiting the power grid. No EMP required!
Not exactly the power grid per se. More likely specific substations or transformer complexes. It could add up to the same thing, considering how serious it is for everything to be in synch.