General Introduction to Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse.
The EMP personal protection page.
A very important page on common EMP Myths which cause an enormous amount of confusion. If you read any page on this web site, be sure to read this page as well.
A comprehensive and well-referenced page at this site with extensive details about the 1962 Soviet nuclear EMP tests over Kazakhstan, which resulted in extensive damage to the electrical and communications infrastructure.
Additional details about EMP effects on motor vehicles.
The Operation Fishbowl series of high-altitude nuclear tests by the United States in 1962 over the mid-Pacific. This article includes extensive references.
A heavily-referenced page about General EMP History, including details on the balloon-launched Hardtack-Yucca nuclear test. A link to the video of the helium-balloon-launched nuclear weapon is included. (A regional EMP attack could be launched today with a large helium balloon, although it would probably be launched at night. There is a separate page about the possibility of Balloon-Launched EMP Attacks).
The critical difference between the E1, E2 and E3 components of nuclear EMP.
Notes and Technical References on Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse (and on solar storms).
Standby Generators for EMP.
Super-EMP Weapons and why nuclear weapons of the past were actually suppressed-EMP weapons.
U.S. EMP Commission Critical National Infrastructures Report
An introduction to solar storms (and a correction of some common myths and misuse of words used to describe space weather). The current version of this page is only an initial draft. I intend to complete it later.
A brief page on non-nuclear EMP generation
Collateral Satellite Damage from a High-Altitude EMP attack
MIL-STD-188-125-1 High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) Protection for Ground-based Facilities Performing Critical, Time-Urgent Missions (U.S. Department of Defense Document)
NBC (Nuclear-Biological-Chemical) Report Fall/Winter, 2004 the complete online issue containing the article Fifty-Odd Years of EMP by Conrad Longmire (who first accurately identified the causes of high-altitude EMP)
Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Journal, Issue 3, January, 2009 the complete online issue containing the article A Russian Assessment of Several USSR and US HEMP Tests.
U.S. Department of Energy Large Power Transformer Study, June 2012 An update of the situation regarding large power transformers in the U.S. electrical grid.
The Effects of High Altitude Explosions by Wilmot N. Hess, published by NASA in 1964 (and here as a reference document only).
Did High-Altitude EMP Cause the Hawaiian Streetlight Incident? by Charles N. Vittitoe, an engineering analysis published by Sandia National Laboratories. (This is a higher-quality copy than what is available from the Summa Foundation at the University of New Mexico.)
A short article containing all that I am willing to say about human EMF sensitivity, but this article may be very useful to some individuals.
Note: Two new EMP pages are in the planning stages for this site. One will cover the subject of the EMP caused by low-altitude nuclear explosions. The other (which will probably not come until much later) will cover a somewhat more detailed explanation of transformer damage due to geomagnetic storms and nuclear E3 effects.
The government reports in PDF format may require the authentic version of Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing. The Adobe Reader is available for free download from the Adobe web site. Open source PDF readers, such as the one available in the Firefox web browser, may not work.
In September 2010, Oak Ridge National Laboratory published a series of reports for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy and the Department of Homeland Security on the effects of electromagnetic disturbances on the United States electric power grid. The reports were written by the Metatech Corporation, and they provide an updated and comprehensive view of how electromagnetic disturbances such as nuclear EMP are likely to affect the United States electrical power grid.
