What Would Happen in an EMP Nuclear Attack Over Your Skies?

[Aardverk]

......... every car, truck, van, railway engine, airplane, micro-transmitter, cell phone tower, electrical power grid, microchip, etc. would have to be completely replaced for anything in the affected area to function...................

I have my doubts about that. Some would obviously be affected but planes, cars, trucks, trains and boats are hit by lightning all the time. A lightning strike is a really significant EMP! I can't imagine a remote nuclear air-burst impacting a greater EMP over the entire 'blast' radius - however large you consider that to be.

I am not aware of any planes brought down by lightning and dozens are struck every day. Many diesel vehicles would be largely immune once they are running but I recognize that the starting circuits may have microprocessors. They can be by-passed. Ordinary VW cars have been tested with continuous artificial lightning in Germany. Following the test they started and worked quite normally.

I think we can assume that there is an significant element of scare-mongering on this subject. It would cause problems undoubtedly but wholescale chaos? I doubt it would be very much worse that the 'millenium bug' that got people into a panic

 

[Hammer]

I am not aware of any planes brought down by lightning and dozens are struck every day. Many diesel vehicles would be largely immune once they are running but I recognize that the starting circuits may have microprocessors.

Cars and planes have metal bodies and EMP can't penetrate metal. I think what would most be susceptible to EMP would be electronics, without serge protectors, connected to power lines.

Back to topic, Iran is no threat to the US, especially with EMP.

 

[King James]

If America was the victim of an EMP nuke, it would most likely be self inflicted.