Question

two YouTube videos Electronic Armageddon NatGeo and 17 Misconceptions About The Effects Of An Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and write a thoughtful full-page reaction paper to it.

Answer 1

1. Misconception 1: EMP Will Cause Every Exposed Electronic System to Cease Functioning.

2. EMP Effects Will Have Limited, Easily Recoverable, “Nuisance” Effects on Critical Infrastructure Systems.

3. Megaton- Nuclear Weapons Are Required to Cause Serious EMP Effects.

4. Protecting the Critical National Infrastructure Would Be Cost Prohibitive.

5. Only Late-Time EMP (E3) Will Damage Electric Power-Grid

6. Fiber-Optic Networks Are Not Susceptible to EMP Effects.

7. EMP will burn out every exposed electronic system.

8. EMP effects will be very limited and only result in “nuisance” effects in critical infrastructure systems.

9. Megatclass weapons are needed to cause any serious EMP effects – low yield, “entry-level” weapons do not engender serious EMP effects.

10. To protect our critical national infrastructure would cost a large fraction of the GNP.

11. Only late-time EMP (E3), not E1 will damage electric power grid transformers.

12. Long-haul fiber optic lines are invulnerable to EMP.

13. Ground burst EMP effects are limited to 2-5 km from a nuclear explosion where blast, thermal and radiation effects dominate.

14. Faraday cages need grounding.

15. Planes will fallout of the sky.

16. EMP destroy solar panels.

17. Cars really comes to an halt.