the exact preface was why the terrorists hadn't thought of doing this.
Because if you financially want to mess with the u.s., just trip the "bomb" there really isn't an explosion, right on wall st.
Shut down wall st. and all their computers; computers would be especially vulnerable.
After wall st. is up again, hit it again. Or the chicago board of trade.
or dc, or downtown wherever.
it was on the stinkin cover.
the big downside of this concept is retribution; we could quite easily make things "uncomfortable" for other rogue countries using the exact same technology. Last time I checked, nearly everybody has a grid and as such, you are vulnerable.
btw, the eletro magnetic pulse was first measured with the detonation of atomic bombs, but by no means requires a nuclear weapon to create the effect.
Electromagnetic bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I like the part where it says the effects are "usually not noticeable beyond the blast radius."
usually.