EMP weapons

[willc453]

Just found this news article about China and emp weapons:


www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/china-develops-weapons-to-fry-us-electric-grid-eyes-high-tech-pearl-harbor-attack

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[papaof2]

I posted some links on EMP blast altitude and area covered in "Sudden Silence". Repeated below for your convenience.

Detonation at 5000 feet would have EMP out 86.6 miles.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_electromagnetic_pulse

Extract:
"The pulse can easily span continent-sized areas, and this radiation can affect systems on land, sea, and air. ... A large device detonated at 400–500 km (250 to 312 miles) over Kansas would affect all of the continental U.S. The signal from such an event extends to the visual horizon as seen from the burst point." Federation of American Scientists. "Nuclear Weapon EMP Effects"


visual horizon distance: www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm