Globally 'wired' societies face EMP weapon risks
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- Nuclear EMPs
- Targeted EMPs
- HPM weapons
- EMP weapon characteristics
- Huge radius of effect
- 1960s-era precedents
- Slow recovery
- Potential costs
- Managing the risk
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