[editor-surveyor]

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>> “We used to explode nukes in space, and they never collapsed our electricity grid.” <<

Correct, and they also were ignited on towers in Nevada.

But it is theoretically possible to design a weapon specifically for long wavelength pulses that might be different.

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[DiogenesLamp]

Correct, and they also were ignited on towers in Nevada.

Yes, and it didn't do much damage to the electric grid in those areas either.

But it is theoretically possible to design a weapon specifically for long wavelength pulses that might be different.

I'm not sure how that would work. I have been an amateur studying nuke bombs for decades, and it seems to me that it would pretty much have to be a question of how big the yield is. Maybe the Los Alamos wizards can figure an angle to increase the EM portion of the blast, but I certainly don't have a line on how they might do that other than by increasing the yield.

I'm inclined to think the EMP threat is much like the Y2K threat. A lot of hype and not so much threat.