The appearance of an alleged Chinese spy balloon, shot down by the American military in February, has provoked anxiety around national security and the technology China possesses to interfere in the U ...

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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 ...

Following the unexpectedly far-reaching and damaging effects observed during the Starfish Prime nuclear experiment in 1962, electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and especially high-altitude EMP (HEMP) have ...