If - emphasis on if - this is an attack, I'd give an uneducated guess that it's hacking, not EMPs. Everything's so connected nowadays, seems like the simpler explanation.
Yes, the CHAMP system was publicly demonstrated in 2012 and it's successor HIJENKS is probably already functional. However, they would permanently disable targeted computers, thus leaving evidence.
Also, disabling a ship as it approaches a bridge and hoping it hits would be a pretty unreliable way to destroy the bridge, especially if you're an org capable enough to get an EMP.
Are directed EMPs a thing? Maybe I've been watching too much X-Files.
I love how the top comment is a Goldfinger quote and this comment touches on the Goldeneye weapon system.
Which is real, by the way. That one is based on a known weapon system developed by us and the reds during the cold war.
It would be more likely someone on the inside is flipping a switch or something
If - emphasis on if - this is an attack, I'd give an uneducated guess that it's hacking, not EMPs. Everything's so connected nowadays, seems like the simpler explanation.
TFW the boat was made by hewlitt packard, and the reason it crashed is because they didn't pay their monthly subscription fee.
You can't use the helm when you're out of magenta ink.
Yes, the CHAMP system was publicly demonstrated in 2012 and it's successor HIJENKS is probably already functional. However, they would permanently disable targeted computers, thus leaving evidence.
Also, disabling a ship as it approaches a bridge and hoping it hits would be a pretty unreliable way to destroy the bridge, especially if you're an org capable enough to get an EMP.