Deliberate destruction of integrated circuits

A disabling device configured to intentionally permanently disable an integrated circuit device, the disabling device comprising:

• a power supply;
• a central energy storage unit electrically connected to the power supply;
• a target device electrically connected to the central energy storage unit, wherein the target device comprises the integrated circuit device which comprises at least one electronic device, and wherein the target device comprises at least one target signal path, and
• a controller configured to destroy at least one of the at least one electronic device by charging the central energy storage unit, and rapidly discharging the central energy storage unit to the at least one target signal path;
• wherein the discharging applies a shaped high energy impulse to destroy the at least one electronic device of the target device, and wherein the rise time of the discharging is characterized by a dV/dt of greater than 1.5 volts/nanosecond.