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Theory says three 1–4 megaton devices detonated 40+ kilometers above the US will paralyze communications, destroy microprocessors and possible burn up large portions of the electrical and wireline telecommunications infrastructure.
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Hmmm.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse
Starfish Prime[edit]
Main article: Starfish Prime
In July 1962, the US carried out the Starfish Prime test, exploding a 1.44 megaton bomb 400 kilometres (250 mi) above the mid-Pacific Ocean. This demonstrated that the effects of a high-altitude nuclear explosion were much larger than had been previously calculated. Starfish Prime made those effects known to the public by causing electrical damage in Hawaii, about 1,445 kilometres (898 mi) away from the detonation point, knocking out about 300 streetlights, setting off numerous burglar alarms and damaging a microwave link.[8]
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/09/the-50th-anniversary-of-starfish-prime-the-nuke-that-shook-the-world/
Taking the pulse of a nuclear weapon
But the effects were far more than a simple light show. When the bomb detonated, those electrons underwent incredible acceleration. When that happens they create a brief but extremely powerful magnetic field. This is called an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP. The strength of the pulse was so huge that it affected the flow of electricity on the Earth hundreds of kilometers away! In Hawaii it blew out hundreds of streetlights, and caused widespread telephone outages. Other effects included electrical surges on airplanes and radio blackouts.
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Zim: Both snippets were taken out of the middle of the
articles. Perhaps an atomic bomb based EMP needs to be
taken more seriously.
And then I do NOT want the federal government taking
responsibility for 'fixing' the problem. The fed should
do the research and make recommendations for what should
be done, but the local power companies and the ratepayers
should be responsible for the work. (I do NOT want
yet another multi-Billion dollar pork pie being created
for sleazy thieving politicians to steal from.)
Zim.
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