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For those seeking a common sense explanation of what EMP will do to the Iraqi people. Modern civilization ends for those under the EMP umbrella. If you detonate one above Chicago, then everything with 200 miles that is electronic in nature is gone, permanently unless you go out and buy new parts, cable, tv`s, etc. No truck will move. No missile will fire. No radar will function. No hydroelectric dam will produce. No nuke test lab will work. No anthrax test and develop center can operate. No resturant can function, unless you have a plain fire and pots and pans. Life becomes a pretty difficult thing. And for Saddam, it means no communications with anyone unless you send a motorcade to convey your message. You won't see taped interviews or satellite feeds for days if not weeks. Even CNN folks on the ground will back to 1900s if this occurs. This weapon doesn't kill folks, but it will sure make them think about the modern world and how little they really they are in it. Life will never be the same, and the good news is...you didn't kill a single Iraqi with a single missile. They did it to themselves.

If you detonate one above Chicago, then everything with 200 miles that is electronic in nature is gone, permanently unless you go out and buy new parts, cable, tv`s, etc.

Wrong. The lethality effects of EMP are unpredictable in the extreme.

Well, yes and no.

Depends mostly on how the emp is generated. If via nuke, your 200 mile radius is likely VERY low, but your description otherwise apt.

If by one of these new munitions, probably very high and definitely overblown in terms of extent. One of the sites provided before talks in terms of like .2 kms radius per AND results are dependent upon frequencies involved.

If you're after cable tv, I wouldn't consider Bagdad a terribly lucrative target. Oh, the hotel guests might complain, but the average joe on the street? The standard of life is probably somewhere about 200 years ago (US) for 60% or more of the Iraqi populace. They won't miss much, even if they're standing under one of these non-nukes when it goes off.