Remote vehicle disabling system

A compact transportable, selectively actuatable electromagnetic pulse (EMP) generating system for generating and transmitting EMPs at a target vehicle to disrupt electronics controlling the operation of the target vehicle, the system comprising:

• a power source;
• power conditioning means receiving power from the source and responsive to interlock signals and a user initiated command signal from a separate user responsive system control unit for developing and transmitting a predetermined high voltage output to a separate trigger controlled pulse generating means;
• the separate trigger controlled pulse generating means receiving the high voltage output from the power conditioning means and responsive to a trigger pulse from the system control unit for generating a high current pulse characterized by a short duration and rapid rise and fall times;
• trigger controlled oscillator means receiving the high current pulse from the trigger controlled pulse generating means and responsive to a trigger signal from an oscillator trigger means for generating a series of pulses characterized by amplitudes of at least about 300 kv, sub-nanoseconds rise and fall times and durations of greater than about 10 nanoseconds;
• a radiating system connected to and receiving the series of pulses from the trigger controlled oscillator means for forming and radiating EMPs characterized by a rise time of less than one nanosecond and a duration of 10 nanoseconds or more, for disrupting electronic components controlling operation of the target vehicle;
• the oscillator trigger means for receiving the trigger pulse from the system control unit and for generating a time delayed trigger signal for
• triggering operation of the oscillator means;
• and
• the separate user responsive system control unit for generating the command signal, the trigger pulse and the interlock signals.