“But why? Per some FReepers there is no such thing as EMP.”
Even though the effects have been PROVEN. That’s why we need some type of Electronic Pearl Harbor to get us our of drunken stupor. My preference would be blow to the outer islands of Hawaii. Close enough to fry everything electronic there (on the outer islands), but far enough to spare the major population centers. Then after evacuating 50,000 or so people out there we will have REAL WITNESSES that will speak for how ALL of their cars turned into Tesla Bricks, and (horror of horrors) their IPADS smoked, for example.
“Even though the effects have been PROVEN.”
They have not been proven to the extent the Internet has spread terrible flights of fantasy, such as “ALL electronics will be destroyed!”
We know that extremely long wires are required to pickup and transmit an EMP electrical pulse, yet, the Internet just knows that even your heartbeat can be stopped by EMP because it, too, runs on electricity.