[LaRueLaDue]

3. An "extra" 777 is ideal delivery vehicle for an EMP at 35,000 feet.

Don't know that 35,000 feet is up high enough for an effective EMP blast. Most of the tests in the mid-60s were at altitudes between 30 and 60 miles up... I would think that some sort of ballistic missile would be more effective.

[Always A Marine]

Don't know that 35,000 feet is up high enough for an effective EMP blast. Most of the tests in the mid-60s were at altitudes between 30 and 60 miles up... I would think that some sort of ballistic missile would be more effective.

There's no doubt that a High Altitude EMP would be most effective, but a detonation at only 40,000 feet could devastate an area several hundred miles wide. A radius of 120 miles from Philadelphia includes Washington, Baltimore and New York City. If successfully detonated, that's enough to bring the USA to a grinding halt.