“but find it difficult to believe they have not been employed to date, if viable on a large scale.”
That’s because in some circles, detonating a nuke or two directly over the USA would be considered “hostile” or “unfriendly”.
And we have these spooky things called SSBNs. Look into them. Its a good way to get your country flattened. And no, that old saw “we might now know who launched them” wouldn’t work. We would know quickly, and there would be literal hell to pay for that nation.
And yes, an ex-SF guy may just indeed understand a rogue nuclear attack. Some are trained in delivering such and attack, and some are rather deeply involved in non-proliferation work.
Both would give you a fine perspective on, “crap, this would be rather easy for a bad guy to do to the USA”
I’m looking for evidence someone has employed these in a region / country such as Chile, which has a shitty electrical grid to start with and is geographically isolated.
EMP use. Regional or national. That’s what I have asked for.
It’s been 40 years since I saw that initial and very theoretical presentation. This week it was conceded that renewables such as solar power cannot scale. Yet. They will, but not right now - - despite Michael Bloomberg’s mastubatory fantasies over knocking out Arab cash flow.
Can EMPs scale and knock out regional power? Cite, please.