An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), which would result from a single, crude nuclear weapon detonated in space above America, represents a very real and potentially disastrous asymmetric threat, according ...

Iranian operatives recently claimed they given Hezbollah militants an EMP weapon. A powerful EMP, as Iran claims, could damage Israel's communications and power grid. "It is reasonable to assume that ...

Imagine a single weapon that, if detonated 25 miles above Maryland, could damage and destroy electronic systems across the entire state, including neighboring Washington, D.C. Imagine if power grids ...

Author’s Note: This article is not to advocate North Korea conducting an atmosphere nuclear test, but simply to illustrate the possible unintended consequences of an alternative attack that actually ...

The first major U.S. military attempt to explore electrical effects in the upper atmosphere was a brutal, secretive and unsettling affair. It came in 1962, with a hydrogen bomb test called Starfish ...

As we commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, which heralded America’s formal entry into the Second World War, we must remember that ...