Today, not many people may be familiar with a U.S. military operation from the early 1960's called "Starfish Prime." The details are fascinating, but here's the short version: over a remote National ...

If you want to get your hands dirty on a semi-evil electronics project, this DIY EMP generator is fun—if not a little dangerous—build to try. It won’t fry much, except at extreme short range, so you ...

On the Apollo missions, only 1/601 of the mass sent into space returned. An Orion mission to Mars would return 1/2.5 of its mass and a mission to Saturn would return 1/6 of its mass. In 1958 dollars, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, emitted by a nuclear weapon exploded high above the United States could disable the electronic circuits of many devices vital to military defense ...

Hedge fund managers often like to opine on various topics that are largely unrelated to investing. In his latest lengthy quarterly letter to clients, Paul Singer of Elliott Management spent some time ...

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 ...

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 ...

ATLANTA — Imagine your car won’t start, no water comes out of your faucet, and you can’t use your cell phone. It’s a very real threat. That is exactly what an electromagnetic pulse weapon can do. An ...

The current standoff between the U.S. and North Korea has seen many threats, televised and Tweeted. The U.S. has sent F-35s and carried outsimulated attacks with B-1s,while North Korea threatened to ...

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