Will there be a weapon that will be scrapped as soon as it is turned on?

Once used, there are weapons that can disable all electronic devices. This is the EMP weapon, and its core technology is EMP.

Electromagnetic pulse is actually a common physical phenomenon, which can be seen through explosion (usually nuclear explosion), lightning, sunspot explosion and even tiny electric sparks in electrical appliances. Large-scale electromagnetic pulse will produce alternating electromagnetic field, which will be coupled with nearby electrical equipment or electronic equipment to produce powerful current, which is extremely destructive. In popular terms, it means "all electronic equipment fails" or is completely burned.

This effect was first discovered in the air-dropped nuclear bomb, but it was not Hiroshima, and the atomic bomb was dropped for a long time. Because the height of nuclear explosion is lower than 10 km, electrons ejected from the air quickly block and stop gamma rays, so the electromagnetic effect is very limited. In a nuclear weapon test in 1962, a KC- 135 in charge of photography suffered a severe electromagnetic pulse, and most of the equipment on board failed. Fortunately, the original aircraft control did not rely too much on avionics such as computers, so the aircraft returned to the base safely.

Many air explosion nuclear tests have proved that the higher the height of nuclear explosion, the greater the intensity of electromagnetic pulse effect. If a nuclear bomb with an equivalent of 654.38+ 10,000 tons of TNT is detonated at an altitude of 450 kilometers, most electronic equipment in the whole United States, southern Canada and most parts of Mexico will be instantly destroyed by EMP, and some low-altitude satellites seem to be spared.

As early as 1993, the United States started the system research and development of electromagnetic pulse weapons, that is, the "harp" project. In the future, if the United States intends to win a war easily, it can accurately block enemy communication and even destroy all incoming missiles as long as it emits electromagnetic pulses into the ionosphere.

From 65438 to 0999, the United States launched tactical bombing against Yugoslavia, and NATO even used advanced electromagnetic pulse bombs, which once destroyed the basic power facilities in many areas and seriously damaged the power supply network. In 2003, the US military used a large number of electromagnetic pulse weapons in the Iraq war against Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. Almost the whole city of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, was blacked out, Iraqi national television was directly paralyzed, military-civilian communication facilities were destroyed, and all resistance forces in the country collapsed almost instantly.

Don't think that electromagnetic pulse weapons only kill electrical equipment. In addition to nuclear weapons that attack indiscriminately, special weapons that are killed only by electromagnetic pulses are also very dangerous. When electromagnetic pulse occurs, if you are close to electrical equipment, organisms are likely to burn, shock or even die because of instantaneous ultra-high pressure. For a simple example, the Airpods you carry will probably kill you in the war.

Compared with the electromagnetic pulse killing attached to nuclear bombs, countries are more inclined to develop weapons specially used for electromagnetic pulses. The electromagnetic pulse effect caused by nuclear explosion not only causes devastating death and property loss, but also damages all electronic equipment within the effective range. The pulse is transmitted in a non-directional way and covers the planetary area, which may damage friendly equipment or affect the enemy.

Once a nuclear bomb explodes in space, its charged particles are easily captured by the Van Allen radiation belt of the earth. All satellites passing near the radiation belt will be strongly radiated, thus disintegrating or destroying satellites with weak shielding. High-energy charged particles will stay in the radiation zone for a long time, and neither friends nor enemies can use the airspace, which can be described as harming others and not benefiting themselves.