What Happens If We Nuke Space?

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EMPs aren’t science fiction. Real militaries are experimenting on real emp generators, and as Starfish Prime showed us, space nukes can send powerful EMPs to the surface. So what exactly is an emp, and how dangerous are they?

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Written by Matt O'Dowd

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