Many consider an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States, from an atmospheric nuclear warhead detonation, to be a black swan event – a high-impact, unpredictable event. But we have ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the release of the Strategy for Protecting and Preparing the Homeland against Threats from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and Geomagnetic ...

An Iranian missile exploding silently high above the American heartland would not look like war at all, but in the same instant it could drop the United States back into the 19th century and leave mil ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine your car won’t start, no water comes out of your faucet, and you can’t use your cell phone. It’s a very real threat. That ...

Officials from the city of San Antonio, Joint Base San Antonio, other stakeholders and the region’s municipal energy company are moving to protect critical infrastructure against potentially damaging ...

Yes, the seemingly impossible and improbable does sometimes happen — two airplanes hitting the World Trade Center buildings, as one example. Preparedness starts with awareness of various threats.

Electromagnetic interactions are responsible for the glowing filaments in this plasma globe. Image by Colin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Electromagnetic interactions are responsible for the ...

Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons pose a unique and potentially devastating threat to modern society. These weapons can disrupt or destroy electronic systems, leading to widespread chaos and ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate on Tuesday released a report outlining a series of best practices that local, state and federal agencies—and private-sector ...