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Multiple sources document that an effective altitude for an EMP attack is NO LESS than 40km. or 132,000 feet.
Here is AEI:
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The EMP attack scenario .. not likely to cause nationwide disaster
Multiple sources document that an effective altitude for an EMP attack is NO LESS than 40km. or 132,000 feet.
Here is AEI:
In many respects, an EMP attack is a unique and unprecedented threat to the United States. EMP is a high-intensity burst of electromagnetic energy caused by the rapid acceleration of charged particles. EMP is most often created from gamma rays emitted during a nuclear explosion. At altitudes between 40 to 400 kilometers, these gamma rays produce high-energy free electrons that give rise to an oscillating electric current that destroys electronic equipmentOther sources agree. A nuclear detonation for this purpose would have no more effect in this manner than it it in Hiroshima or Nagasaki. If a terrorist could outfit an aircraft this way, they simply have a B-52 kamikaze mission which would probably have to be carried out coming in under radar from a VERY long distance, against a, NOW, forewarned defense.
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MEANWHILE, THIS: So the rumors last month were true: Six thousand centrifuges will continue to spin, which is supposedly a great victory for the U.S. since it would mean — assuming Iran isn’t covertly operating even more centrifuges under the UN’s...
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Unfortunately, boys, it might also take out the some of the carriers and frigates and destroyers capabilities from the US bringing help (assuming Obama is out of office), as well as all US planes, and missiles in the air.Taiwan developing non-nuclear...
- What A Single Nuclear Warhead Could Do
Why the U.S. needs a space-based missile defense against an EMP attack. From the Wall Street Journal: The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have proven how vulnerable we are. On that day, Islamic terrorists flew planes into our buildings. It is not unreasonable...
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Gertz: Iran is working on a nuclear weapon-related capability that could cripple all U.S. electronic systems with a massively disrupting electromagnetic pulse over the United States or elsewhere, a specialist on EMP told Congress last week....
- How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Electro-magnetic Pulse Effect
Frequent commenter Revere Rides Again has asked about EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) detonation twice, so I decided it's time to put up a post on the subject. So, I figured it is time to answer her. An EMP occurs when a nuclear weapon is detonated...