Sorry, but that statement is so misinformed that I must say something. I presume you're talking about EMP effects, but a 10 kiloton bomb ain't going to do it! The sun sends more EM energy at that altitude! Just a reminder, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were taken out by @17-18 kiloton weapons.
They've THEORIZED that a 100 MEGAton could wreak havoc on our telecommunications and solid-state equipment, but that's NOT the end of the world!
I thought kt sounded like a small measure, so I took it with a pinch of salt anyway. Thanks for the confirmation
No, it’s kt. Fission weapons have a much higher E1 pulse than the fusion weapon used in Starfish.
Knocking out all the cars’ computers in the country along with all the telecomm would not make for a fun month. Food would flow...slowly.