Many consider an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States, from an atmospheric nuclear warhead detonation, to be a black swan event – a high-impact, unpredictable event. But we have ...
“A long-term outage owing to EMP could disable most critical supply chains, leaving the U.S. population living in conditions similar to centuries past, prior to the advent of electric power. In the ...
The ElectroMagnetic Pulse (EMP) effect [1] was first observed during the early testing of high altitude airburst nuclear weapons [GLASSTONE64]. The effect is characterised by the production of a very ...
One of the last meetings I had in office was with three scientists from the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Attack. As they briefed me about the threat and ...
Renowned author and military historian William Forstchen told the Washington Examiner in a recent interview that the blast from an EMP would devastate the U.S. because America’s electrical ...
As a person growing up in Philadelphia, I was repeatedly bombarded with words of wisdom from my parents, teachers and others who would often cite Benjamin Franklin and his famous quote: “An ounce of ...
Back in September 1985, when I lived on Long Island, NY, I experienced Hurricane Gloria which left 750,000 of us without electrical power for as long as 11 days (I experienced only 7 days without ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. James Broughel is an economist focused on the economics of regulation. The nations of Europe are on edge after a Ukrainian missile ...
Electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) generated during laser-plasma interactions represent a captivating frontier in modern physics. In these processes, intense laser beams interact with plasma targets, ...
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