Editing Reactive armour (section)

== Electric armour ==
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''Electric armour'' or ''electromagnetic armour'' is a proposed reactive armour technology. It is made up of two or more conductive plates separated by an air gap or by an insulating material, creating a high-power [[capacitor]].<ref>[https://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/08/54641 U.S. Military Uses the Force] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409014129/http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/08/54641 |date=2013-04-09}} (Wired News).</ref><ref>[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,539143,00.html 'Star Trek' shields to protect supertanks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104062249/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,539143,00.html |date=2008-01-04 }} (The Guardian).</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3298279/Electric-armour-vaporises-anti-tank-grenades-and-shells.html |title='Electric armour' vaporises anti-tank grenades and shells - Telegraph |date=19 August 2002 |access-date=2018-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321094030/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3298279/Electric-armour-vaporises-anti-tank-grenades-and-shells.html |archive-date=2017-03-21 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.armedforces-int.com/news/electrified_vehicle_armour_could_deflect_weapons.html |title=Electrified Vehicle Armour Could Deflect Weapons |access-date=2011-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927154713/http://www.armedforces-int.com/news/electrified_vehicle_armour_could_deflect_weapons.html |archive-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defense-update.com/features/du-1-04/passive-armor.htm |title=Advanced Add-on Armor for Light Vehicles |access-date=2007-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015043314/http://www.defense-update.com/features/du-1-04/passive-armor.htm |archive-date=2007-10-15 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In operation, a high-voltage power source [[Electric charge|charges]] the armour. When an incoming body penetrates the plates, it closes the [[Electrical network|circuit]] to discharge the capacitor, dumping energy into the penetrator, which may vaporize it or even turn it into a [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]], diffusing the attack. It is not public knowledge whether this is supposed to function against both kinetic energy penetrators and shaped charge jets, or only the latter. As of 2005, this technology had not yet been introduced on any known operational platform.

Another electromagnetic alternative to ERA uses layers of plates of electromagnetic metal with silicone spacers on alternate sides. The damage to the exterior of the armour passes electricity into the plates, causing them to magnetically move together. As the process is completed at the [[speed of electricity]] the plates are moving when struck by the projectile, causing the projectile energy to be deflected whilst the energy is also dissipated in parting the magnetically attracted plates.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}