For more on High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) from nuclear detonation here is the Department of Homeland Security report on the estimated affects if a hostile use of a HEMP was detonated now.
For more on High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) from nuclear detonation here is the Department of Homeland Security report on the estimated affects if a hostile use of a HEMP was detonated now.
That excess deaths number is the total for all above-ground nuclear bomb tests ever done combined.
Yes, I cut the text so much that it became misleading. Thanks for the clarification.
Which, unfortunately, includes armies being ordered to march into blast zones while the mushroom cloud was still in the sky, so it’s not a very useful metric.
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