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 ...

Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons pose a unique and potentially devastating threat to modern society. These weapons can disrupt or destroy electronic systems, leading to widespread chaos and ...

“Several potential adversaries have or can acquire the capability to attack the United States with a high-altitude nuclear-weapon-generated electromagnetic pulse,” the 2004 Commission to ...

Ah, what fond memories we have of our misspent youth, walking around with a 9,000-volt electromagnetic pulse generator in our Levi’s 501s and zapping all the electronic devices nobody yet ...

Neither the U.S. armed forces nor civilian infrastructure isadequately protected against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack.Protecting the United States against the evolving EMP threat willrequire ...

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event - either through natural occurrence or deliberate attack - could cripple the U.S. electric grid and bring the economy to a halt. The White House is taking ...

“An EMP pulse generated by an adversary would be an attempt to disrupt our communications or other equipment,” said Leonard Martinez, the Sandia researcher in charge of the timing and firing ...

The effects of an electromagnetic pulse are a real concern to our power grid, but new nuclear power plant designs can handle it, shown here as an artist’s rendering of NuScale Power’s small ...

A friendly EMP created at Sandia National Laboratories tests equipment resistance to an adversary's potential atmospheric explosion of a nuclear weapon.

A U.S. Air Force base in Texas has taken the first steps to guard against an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. But what, exactly, is an EMP, and how big is the threat?

Considered by some to be the stuff of science fiction, an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack poses a direct threat to the U.S. electric grid—a threat that is poorly understood and lacks the ...