By PNW Staff
September 07, 2026
Any #scenario involving a #nuclear #EMP attack would represent an #extraordinary act of war and potentially invite #devastating American #retaliation. It should therefore not be #portrayed as something #Beijing or #Moscow could casually undertake without #consequences.
But #military planners prepare for #capabilities, not merely intentions.
The #frightening strategic concept is remarkably simple: Why fight every component of the world’s most powerful military and largest #economy #individually when #attacking a handful of #FoundationalSystems could potentially create failures throughout the entire #society?
Iranian #hackers probing American #infrastructure illustrate the smaller version of this strategy. #Cyberattackers search for vulnerable control systems capable of producing #physical #consequences without ever dropping a bomb.
An EMP represents the nightmare version: a potential #attempt to disrupt #Numerous Systems simultaneously across a vast area.