Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack
By: John S. Foster [and others]
Contributors: United States. Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack
Publisher: The Office
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Electromagnetic pulse; Nuclear explosions; Electronic systems; Security measures
Description: "Several potential adversaries have or can acquire the capability to attack the United States with a high-altitude nuclear weapon-generated electromagnetic pulse (EMP). A determined adversary can achieve an EMP attack capability without having a high level of sophistication. EMP is one of a small number of threats that can hold our society at risk of catastrophic consequences. EMP will cover the wide geographic region within line of sight to the nuclear weapon. It has the capability to produce significant damage to critical infrastructures and thus to the very fabric of US society, as well as to the ability of the United States and Western nations to project influence and military power."--Abstract.

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Table of contents: title: v. 1.; title: Executive Report 2004.