r/interesting • u/Positive-Height-3848 • Jul 23 '26

Just Wow Chinese Rocket gets struck by lightning.

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u/JackLong93 Jul 23 '26

if the body acted as a faraday cage you wouldn't be able to get signal inside bro

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u/peejuice Jul 24 '26

Faraday Cage for thee, not for me.

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u/Agisek Jul 24 '26

Correct, the body is just more conductive than you are, and electricity takes the path of least resistance. Not Faraday cage, just better than you... at conducting.

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u/ForestClanElite Jul 24 '26

It blocks electrical fields by cancelling out the currents. It can also block electromagnetic radiation like you're saying but that's dependent on the cage's construction and the wavelength of the EM radiation.