All this talk about EMP’s reminds me of the dreaded FAE, or Fuel-Air-Explosive. The device looked good in theory, and showed some promise in testing, but was never deployed because expected results were never guaranteed.
Trust me, I would love to see an EMP device used for the intended effect, but I wouldn’t put too much stock in it...
It was successfully tested in the Pacific on a very remote island. In fact, it worked too good and they decided to never test it again because of the results.
They were deployed:
During Desert Storm the Marine Corps dropped all 254 CBU-72