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“Although what you just saw is chilling, that’s not the end of our deerous possibility to consider Like you, I have heard ruo Garcia several days ago was not simply an equipy on the island was rendered inoperable by an attack on its conetic pulse device”

Mallik didn’t really think they’d heard that ruot the response he wanted: another murmur from the crowd

“The Indian Air Force contracted my company to build a similar device of our own,” Mallik went on “It is code-nae, it is quite effective for short periods of time And you can bet that if we have developed it, our ene similar or have already deployed it in the field”

When he called on the radio again, he said, “Start second attack run”

This time, four Arjun tanks raced forhile the T-55 moved toward them

Using the same app on his phone, Mallik found the button marked EMP When he pressed it, his phone went blank

At the same time, the four Arjun tanks literally stopped in their tracks

But the T-55 was unaffected It continued into range and started blasting away at its immobile opponents One by one, the Arjuns were covered with fire and saed victorious over six superior rivals, turned and trundled back the way it had come

One of the colonels in the audience stood and said, “That’s just a simulation I can’t believe our tanks would be that susceptible to an EMP attack when their circuitry is supposed to be hardened to that kind of weapon”

Mallik grinned and spoke into the microphone, which was unaffected because of its simple electrical functionality “This wasn’t a simulation Look at your phones You’ll find that all of them are switched off”

Every person except Ghosh took out their phones They were amazed when they saw that the phones wouldn’t turn on

“Don’t worry,” Mallik said, “the effect is only teain in a few minutes”

“I hope you have a solution to these problems,” Ghosh said

“I do,” Mallik replied “I have invested billions of rupees into developing backup systems for the most crucial weapons in our inventory Those Arjuns that are now s can be retrofitted so that they will operate even if their coned all of my factories to ithout computers as well in case our cities are attacked with the same kinds of weapons”