The reason few of the tests had much of an EMP effect is NONE of them were detonated in the outer stratosphere. For an EMP to be a worst case scenario it needs to be 20 megaton and detonated about 300KM in space. Only a few were tested at that range and they were under 4MT. Also they were tested in the 50/60s and we did not even have many transistors of which any effect could be noted.
In 2012? Everything is 1.8v 40 nanometer and will FRY. Smoked. Dead forever. And it only takes ONE chip in a device to render that device gone. Doesn’t have to fry the whole board.
If an EMP attack happens... 200 million will be dead in 15 days due to lack of water. 50 million in cities due to simple dehydration. Another 50 due to dehydration from the “runs” they get drinking bad water. And the last 100 million two weeks later who had supplies, stole supplies or who did not die of dehydration will then turn on each other like animals or be the prey of those who do turn.
An EMP is the game changer. We build a house of cards and it WILL fall.
/johnny
“An EMP is the game changer. We build a house of cards and it WILL fall.”
Well it doesn’t have to fall, just like we don’t have to get conquered by another country. But yes, we’re not doing a whole bunch (or more precisely, we’re not doing jack) to protect against an attack...so yea, we’ll be in a hell of a mess when that happens.