Iran was working on developing an electromagnetic pulse bomb which could have crippled Israel's electrical infrastructure.

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP)—a burst of either natural or nuclear-generated energy that can destroy electronic systems and wipe out generators—could severely cripple US critical infrastructure, ...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is starting market research to determine an “innovative missile defense launcher” and ...

DHS’s Electromagnetic Pulse Shielding Mitigations report—which includes input ... FEMA has also conducted high-altitude EMP testing on NPWS equipment to verify that mitigation efforts are ...

The asset provides High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (also known as HEMP) and nuclear, biological, and chemical survivable communications. (Photo Credit: Thomas Robbins) VIEW ORIGINAL TOBYHANNA, Pa.

According to a 2010 Oak Ridge National Laboratory study, a high-altitude EMP (or big solar storm) could affect “130 million Americans, could require 4 to 10 years to fully recover, ...

For example, a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse would damage all electronics from grids and cell towers to toasters and everything in between for over a 400-mile radius.

Officials from the city of San Antonio, Joint Base San Antonio, other stakeholders and the region’s municipal energy company are moving to protect critical infrastructure against potentially damaging ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been leading a project to understand how a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, could threaten power plants.