[Kartographer]

I have it on good authority from several FReepers that there is NO such thing as EMP it just something that was made up to scare us.

[CodeToad]

“there is NO such thing as EMP it just something that was made up to scare us.”

You guys scare yourselves. One Internet poster driving the posts of the next. Repeat a rumor or lie often enough and it becomes fact to some people.

[Zathras]

It is far more likely that a large solar flare would damage infrastructure than a small airplane.
It takes a great deal of energy to create a EMP pulse and range is limited by the inverse square law.

I’d be more worried about a container ship floating into San Francisco bay with a load of Cobalt 60 and high explosives.

[pfflier]

Do your own homework, don’t rely on others. We have our own share of crackpots here.

[blam]

"I have it on good authority from several FReepers that there is NO such thing as EMP it just something that was made up to scare us."

I just left my good friends' business...he's over there building another faraday cage (for himself) as I type.

Also, I remember more than 20 years ago seeing a documentary about the military experimenting with an EMP gun. I've seen nothing about the 'gun' since.

[ansel12]

I have it on good authority from several FReepers that there is NO such thing as EMP it just something that was made up to scare us.

It is a fact of life for the military, from both views, from having weapons that cause them, to requiring equipment be protected from them.