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• EMP - PRACTICAL PROTECTION (71)
  An atomic bomb exploded high over the center of the North American continent would damage delicate, unprotected electronic devices from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the middle of Canada to the middle of Mexico. Iran is planning just such an attack. The word May 27, 2005 is that Iran is now equipped for an atomic weapon, news that reportedly stunned President Bush. The "possibility" has now turned into a "probability," not if, but when we get hit with a terrorist EMP bomb. It is for that reason that major US ports have, or soon will have, radiation detection equipment for scanning all inbound ships.
• EMP and the Unfought Victory (260)
  "Thus one who excels at employing the military subjugates other people`s armies without engaging in battle, captures other people`s fortified cities without attacking them, and destroys other people`s states without prolonged fighting."
  
  Sun Tzu, The Art of War
• EMP is a very misunderstood force (75)
  EMP. What is it and how will it affect us in a tactical nuclear
  war? EMP stands for Electromagnetic Pulse. Explosions of conventional
  high explosive bombs produce EMP. However, the effects produced by
  a nuclear explosion were not fully realized until the "Johnston Is-
  land Test" in 1962. This nuclear blast had a yield of 1.4 megatons
  at an altitude of 250 miles. The explosion damaged a number of low
  earth orbit satellites and caused malfunctions and early failure of
  others. Another effect that was noted during the blast was a black-
  out up to 600 miles away of high frequency radio communications that
  lasted for hours. It was caused by disruption of the ionosphere. It
  also popped circuit breakers, street lights went out, burglar alarms
  rang, and power lines went down in Honolulu, about 800 miles away. In
  Nov. 1962, all above ground testing was halted and our testing and
  analysis was limited to underground testing, analysis of the existing
  atmospheric test data, nonnuclear simulation, and theoretical calcula-
  tions. This is in part why we know so little about the effects of
  EMP. The primary effects of a nuclear blast are the blast, thermal,
  and radiation. This is where the propensity of effort was put in the
  early years.
• How To Survive an EMP or Superworm Attack (133)
  Bill Gates and Steve Jobs could probably tell you terrific stories about where they were and what they were doing when they realized the true implications of the electronic age. But you'd get a somewhat more interesting account from any aging electrician in Hawaii: That's because one evening there in July 1962, 100 burglar alarms suddenly sounded and 300 street lights suddenly blinked out for no apparent reason. All over the region, phones, radios, and televisions went dead without warning.
  
  The cause, it turned out, was 800 miles due west and 250 miles up in the air: A 1.4 megaton nuclear weapon had been detonated some 1.32 million feet above tiny Johnston Island in the Pacific. It was a planned test, but what the U.S. military hadn't anticipated was high-energy electrons subsequently bombarding a large swath of the Earth's surface, crippling thousands of electrical circuits. Oops. (The same electrons also knocked out one-third of the satellites in low Earth orbit at the time, including Telstar, the very first operational communications satellite.) That test is when weapons engineers first realized that nukes were not just good for blowing up and melting stuff. They could also knock out electronics far in the distance.
• MAKING FARADAY CAGES (36)
  The reality of needing to protect all electronic equipment against EMP from a nuclear explosion over our shores is becoming imminent. We now live in perilous times. The world is a becoming dangerous place, with China now threatening Taiwan with annihilation from hundreds of neutron bombs. Russia is modernizing their military infrastructure with an emphasis on first strike capability, they have an stretegic alliance with China, and Putin is exporting "special nuclear materials" to Iran, Syria and Egypt. President Clinton renounced "launch on attack" in favor of absorbing a first strike without retaliation, while President Bush wants "first strike" authority to attack anywhere with nukes without warning, and it is easy to see that our enemies are virtually being invited to hit us with nukes! Iran has plans to do just that!
• The Electromagnetic Bomb - a Weapon of Electrical Mass Destruction (46)
  ABSTRACT
  
  High Power Electromagnetic Pulse generation techniques and High Power Microwave technology have matured to the point where practical E-bombs (Electromagnetic bombs) are becoming technically feasible, with new applications in both Strategic and Tactical Information Warfare. The development of conventional E-bomb devices allows their use in non-nuclear confrontations. This paper discusses aspects of the technology base, weapon delivery techniques and proposes a doctrinal foundation for the use of such devices in warhead and bomb applications.
• The EMP Threat: ElectroMagnetic Pulse Warfare (182)
  Concerns are rising about the threat of an EMP (ElectroMagnetic Pulse) attack, aimed at destroying our electronic guts. What if our computers and other electronics didn't work? What if electronic records of your bank account were immobilized? What would happen to our technology—dependent transportation, financial, and production systems?