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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I wonder if the Russians really wanted to demonstrated their nuclear capability if they wouldn't consider high altitude bursts that convert to EMP that could damage Western Satellites?
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EMPs are fantasy. The data from tests during the cold war did not show consistent results in damaging electronics. The efficacy of such attack is an unknown and is pretty much an act of war against every nation state in the possible field of impact. Even trying this attack is a roll of the dice where you have no idea if it shifts the needle, but then pretty much draws every country in the region into the conflict. The only sure outcome from an attempted EMP attack is expansion of the conflict and potential nuclear retaliation against your country. EMPs are a prepper's fireside ghost story.