If they are going to do it, the time is when Obama is President. He will likely have a confused and contradictory response, whatever the crisis.
Totally impossible.
To generate a large EMP pulse you need to detonate a multi megaton warhead about 200 miles above the USA.
A simple 10k atomic bomb wouldn’t do anything.
Everyone please voice your comments on the current gutless GOP to the Speaker at: 202-225-0600; press 1 to get a staffer.
Actually I have felt like Iranians and others have been trying to bait us into a war for several years. This would seem like a good time to take us on because our government is in disarray, our military is diminished, we don't have any money, and our people are tired of war.
They are stupid. Most of our military assets are EMP hardened and they would only affect civilian infrastructure. Like another poster said it would take and extremely large blast from high altitude (or many spread out in unison). They are smart enough.
That said, I only hope that if that ever happened to us that our current leader, whomever that is, would have the nerve to do it to the world and level the playing field so we are not vulnerable because our leader is gutless.
M.A.D
EMP can work in both directions, who will it hurt most? What we need is a EMP that works on the brains of the Mullahs that were brought into Iran by Khomeini. Then again they are already burnt out.
History and experience teaches us that the ummah still exists in the 7th century, so their collective dogma and memory should never be dismissed.
The good news is, that they will only get one chance, at their choice of collective suicide.
It wont make a difference if they can shut down the grid or not.
You touch off a nuke over the US, damage or no damage, there will be mass panic and every city in the US will try to evacuate at the same time.
You get over 100 million people on the move at the same time and this country is on it’s knees.