” I believe EMP is a more credible threat than the nuclear exchange we’ve all feared since the 50s.”
An all out nuclear war would probably doom the planet to years long nuclear winter but any nation with an icbm and tactical nuke could destroy us or any other country with one or two EMPs. To me that makes Iran and N. Korea more dangerous than Russia or China.
The MAD doctrine has protected the nuclear club countries from an exchange since the 50’s. Two or three nukes launched from a freighter in the Gulf of Mexico using old scuds would cripple the USA and result in tens of millions of eventual deaths. The scariest part is we possibly wouldn’t know who did it. With this scenario you lose your deterrent capability because you can’t retaliate.
“but any nation with an icbm and tactical nuke could destroy us or any other country with one or two EMPs”
Nonsense.