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Do you have any citation for that? I would like to learn more about how that works.
by mcculley 9y ago
Do you have any citation for that? I would like to learn more about how that works.
- mikeash 9y agoWikipedia has a pretty good article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_puls... Note that this is not just theoretical. The American Starfish Prime nuclear test did significant damage to electrical systems in Hawaii, and the Soviets destroyed a power plant in Almaty with one of theirs.