I’ve studied the EMP issue in great detail, and I think the bottom line is that the effect is real, the magnitude is overstated, and to produce Forstchen/Gingrich-novel level damage would require hundreds of weapons with synchronized delivery, impossible for a goat-molesting state.
We've had some bad outages in the NE and I believe that area is susceptible to attack or natural disaster. A hit to the NE corridor from DC to Boston would kill a lot of people
I've always thought that all they would have to do is fly nukes in on private or commercial planes, on commercial ships or across the wide open southern border.
The mad mullahs have to know that they need to hit us while zero is still in office. He'll probably send Lurch over to ask what we did to make them mad and apologize.