Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons might be a staple of movies and video games, but they pose a very real threat. With just about every facet of modern society reliant on electronic devices, Sandia ...

The military establishment's ever increasing reliance on technology and whiz-bang gadgetry impacts us as consumers, investors, taxpayers and ultimately as the defended. Our mission here is to bring ...

The problem of the destructive effects of high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) on electronic and electrical equipment has been well-known for more than 50 years. All military equipment and ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate on Tuesday released a report outlining a series of best practices that local, state and federal agencies—and private sector ...

But when they are back at their base they are on the surface and vulnerable to having most or all of their electronics damaged or made unusable. Land-based ICBM and heavy bomber bases, including the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A U.S. Air Force base in Texas has taken the first steps to guard against an electromagnetic ...

When you hear about the potential risk of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) disabling virtually every electronic device within a country, there’s a good chance you think, “Hey, I remember that James Bond ...

President Trump has ordered federal government agencies to harden the nation’s infrastructure against potentially devastating attacks by a nuclear-bomb-produced electromagnetic pulse, or EMP. “The ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate on Tuesday released a report outlining a series of best practices that local, state and federal agencies—and private-sector ...

A solar flare in 1859 was the equivalent of 10 billion atomic bombs resulting in a massive geomagnetic storm. There was no huge power grid at the time but there was a long-line network of telegraphs.