Falcon powers – The Hebrew Channel 12 said that there are possibilities that Tel Aviv will have to use a new weapon against Iran, if the latter attacks Israeli strategic installations, in retaliation for the killing of Mohammad Reza Zaheditala.
The channel explained that “there is a trend in Israel to use electromagnetic pulse (EMP) bombs to launch attacks inside Iran, which would return it to the Stone Age”.
According to the channel, EMP bombs have not been used in modern wars, but the consequences of their use are known to military experts.
They said that “they are non-lethal bombs for individuals, but they produce electromagnetic waves (EMP) capable of paralyzing power stations and electronics in the vicinity of the bomb’s impact”.
The channel added that “in the event of a widespread paralysis and disruption of electrical transformers in a country like Iran, it can be assumed that the repercussions will affect the ruling Iranian regime”.
The channel warned that the Israeli threat to use EMP bombs against Iran is not the first of its kind. It quoted the British Sunday Times from a decade ago, saying that Tel Aviv may deliberately seek to destroy the Iranian power grids using this type of bombs.
It continued that “Israel’s possession of EMP bombs is primarily dedicated to the possibilities of direct military confrontation between the two countries”.
It quoted an unnamed American expert saying that “these bombs are dropped on the ground and cause paralysis of all devices operating on technological systems in the vicinity of their impact”.
It explained that the bomb relies on “gamma rays” that destroy the electrical systems around the impact area, and if dropped near a nuclear facility, for example, it can disable those systems and lead to serious damage.
The channel went on to say that the damage that these bombs can cause is tantamount to “returning Iran to the Stone Age”.
It clarified that “theoretically, there has been knowledge of electromagnetic guidance systems since the 1960s, but they have not been used in practice, according to military historian Yigal Henkin, from the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Defense”.
The explosion created a radiation belt around the Earth, causing disruption and damage to satellites.
It warned that within a radius of up to 1,450 kilometers from the explosion site, about 300 street lights were destroyed, alarm sirens were triggered, and widespread failures were recorded in telephone communication networks.
