[WildHighlander57]

Articles about the EMP effect & threat

http://www.wsj.com/articles/james-woolsey-and-peter-vincent-pry-the-growing-threat-from-an-emp-attack-1407885281

Comments on this article are interesting:

http://www.informationweek.com/government/cloud-computing/emp-debunked-the-jolt-that-could-fry-the-cloud/d/d-id/1315481

How it works:

http://science.howstuffworks.com/e-bomb2.htm

Comments welcome.

[familyop]

The comment on “shorter wires” “in microcircuitry” in “EMP, Debunked: The Jolt That Could Fry The Cloud” (John Barnes, Information Week), is not true, by the way. I know that from military experience, including carrying small field radios that weighed about 40 pounds each and had vacuum tubes in them. I also have a background in electronics and electrical work. Under a strong enough pulse, some kinds of micro-components and solid state components would be at risk. Generally, any components that wouldn’t tolerate high current and/or voltage spikes would be at risk without measures taken in advance.

But it should be common knowledge by now. There are also some important differences between EMPs caused by nuclear weapons and coronal mass ejections. There are plenty of old reports available around the Net on EMP effects from nuclear weapons for anyone who would like to study.