The Wall Street Journal
....The fact is that you don't need a nuclear warhead. An EMP generator can be constructed that would fit inside a briefcase. If someone had a mind to use such a device, you could merely walk past an unprotected facility such as a server farm or communications center and disrupt the electronics.
....The fact is that you don't need a nuclear warhead. An EMP generator can be constructed that would fit inside a briefcase. If someone had a mind to use such a device, you could merely walk past an unprotected facility such as a server farm or communications center and disrupt the electronics.
Another benefit of EMP hardening, which is considerably more practical, is that it can protect electronic equipment against the effects of lightning and everyday power-line surges.
I strenuously urge Washington to consider re-establishing FEMA's EMP protection program. Electronic devices have permeated our lives so deeply that any disruption of these systems on which we so dearly depend could prove disastrous.
