Actually we’ve got a pretty good idea of the actual. We know the range, we know the intensity, and we know that it’s ineffective enough to have never played a serious part in either our or the USSR’s “nuclear exchange” plans.
“serious part in either our or the USSRs nuclear exchange plans.”
Not true. It is a big part of military planning. There is a big effort to harden military command and control facilities.
The area of influence of an emp is in fact as big as has been discussed in the article. But there is more to the story.
look up Mil-std-188-125-1 and check your own logic about emp not being part of military doctrine