Method for neutralizing explosives and electronics

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for detonating an explosive device by discharging an electric discharge with at least five joules of energy to detonate the explosive device.

1 . A system for detonating an explosive device, the system comprising:
 a vehicle;   a boom arm on the vehicle;   a generator that generates an electric potential, wherein the generator is carried by the vehicle; and   an emitter electrically coupled to the generator and carried by the boom arm, where the emitter is constructed and arranged to discharge the electric potential as an electric discharge into the explosive device, wherein the electric discharge includes at least 5 joules of energy and wherein the boom arm is constructed and arranged to position the emitter away from the vehicle and the generator.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a resonance transformer electrically coupled between the generator and the emitter, wherein the resonance transformer increases the electric potential. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the resonance transformer increases the electric potential above 30,000 volts. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the resonance transformer produces a pulsed electric potential that is discharged by the emitter as a pulsed electric discharge. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the pulsed electric discharge produced by the resonance transformer has a pulse duration between about thirty and about one hundred microseconds. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 2 , further comprising a high voltage transformer electrically coupled between the generator and the resonance transformer. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the high voltage transformer increased the electric potential to approximately 14.4 kilovolts. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the generator produces time varying energy. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the time varying energy is Alternating Current electric energy. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the vehicle further comprises armor. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is driven by a human. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is remotely piloted. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the explosive is selected from a group consisting of: a land mine, an improvised explosive device, and a combustible material. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the emitter discharges through a substantially constant point. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is constructed and arranged to move the electrode with the vehicle while discharging electric discharges through the emitter. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the system is constructed and arranged to pulse the electric discharge. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the electric discharge has a pulse duration between about thirty and about one hundred microseconds. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a Tesla coil electrically coupled between the generator and the emitter. 
     
     
         19 . A system used for detonating an explosive device, the system comprising:
 a vehicle;   a boom arm on the vehicle;   a voltage generator carried by the vehicle;   a transformer electrically coupled to the voltage generator and configured for increasing the voltage therefrom; and   a discharge unit constructed and arranged to detonate the explosive device with a discharge of the increased voltage, wherein the discharge unit is carried by the boom arm, wherein the discharge includes at least five joules of energy and wherein the boom is constructed and arranged to position the discharge unit away from the voltage generator.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the discharge unit is configured to generate an arc of electric current from the pulsed discharge to the explosive device to detonate the explosive device.