As the conflict in Ukraine continues and tensions with Vladimir Putin escalate, a clandestine weapon is being developed that could potentially disrupt our modern way of life. An electromagnetic ...

"This is a very real threat," he said. "EMP is generated when a small nuclear weapon, 40 to 60 kilotons or about three times the size of a Hiroshima bomb, is detonated 200 miles out in space above ...

When a nuclear bomb goes off, whether on land or in space, it creates an EMP. This burst of electromagnetic energy can disable or destroy electronic equipment - including satellites. The US does ...

Created by the detonation of a nuclear bomb high up in the earth’s atmosphere, the Washington State Department of Health defines an EMP Pulse bomb as producing “a pulse of energy that creates ...

Narrator: Imagine if we detonated a nuclear bomb in space? Actually ... a burst of energy called an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, that expanded for over 1,000 kilometers. EMPs can cause a ...

Potential adversaries of the U.S. regard nuclear EMP attack as the ultimate cyber weapon. North Korea’s fourth low-yield nuclear test and its claim that it has a hydrogen bomb are further ...