Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Facility | military, electronics, United States Navy

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Dipole array-mounted Electromagnetic Pulse testing facility designed to expose aircraft and ground systems to a high intensity (50kVm) free-field pulse to simulate a nuclear explosion in order to test onboard system survivability.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse

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Coordinates: 38°17'21"N 76°23'38"W

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desu

The US Navy never built a FRD-10 "elephant cage" HF/DF array at NAS Patuxent River. This is very clearly a dipole.

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