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though two different situation
And when the Silos have launched and the wind from the now destroyed target starts to blow back , eg like Fukushima is blowing crap over the US west coast? :)

In almost all cases, radioactivity blowing across the world would deteriorate enough in two weeks to be safe to go outside given the half-life of radiation, the problem with fukushima is that the core is still producing iodine-131 unlike nuclear weapons once exploded the deterioration process begins thus nuclear power plants are more dangerous because it continues to keep producing. I am more concern about the high doses of iodine-131 300 mile out from japan then the debris that wash up on our shores the half life of iodine-131 is 8 days it takes longer for debris to float in from japan then 8 days. Our geiger counter hasn't chirped once, my son took it to the coast been no problems there.
 
And believe it or not but emp strikes are pretty ineffective against smaller electronics. Infastructure yeah. Cars trucks etc not so much.
 
And believe it or not but emp strikes are pretty ineffective against smaller electronics. Infastructure yeah. Cars trucks etc not so much.

The newer cars would receive an greater affect then the older vehicles because of the massive amount of unprotected wiring that is in newer vehicles and wither the vehicle is running or not, for the most part it won't destroy the vehicle though all is dependent as the were the vehicle was at the time of the attack, age of the vehicle and if the vehicle is running at the time and then add into the power of the nuclear blast and at what altitude. A lot of variables at play as it is now the consensus is no one really knows so it is best to plan for the worse. For the most part smaller electronics won't get hit as hard providing the power is off and like vehicles the variables are at play.
 
In 2012 they actually tested like 20 different new vehicles only 3 failed to start after they were hit.

Metal body and insulated from the ground by rubber tires kinda makes a farraday cage around everything.
 
The 2012 study as comprehensive as it was it was flawed on many levels, the testing wasn't done across the whole frequency spectrum that an EMP bomb resonates at and didn't emulate the power of a EMP nuclear device, another point, the vehicles that was tested was on loan and needed to be returned in working condition and that the commission had to guarantee no permanent damage would be done to the vehicles. An EMP transfers into all these forms of; electric field, magnetic field, electromagnetic radiation, electrical conduction causing broader effects then just electric field as the 2012 test was done in and only test the vehicles against electric field not electrical conduction or magnetic field disruption ;)
 
I'm not saying they are perfect. But there is more evidence showing that vehicles and small electronics are not widely affected than evidence that shows they are.
 
White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office

"Today's automobiles have published standards for electromagnetic shielding, but there is not much consistency in shielding requirements. You can check this list from Clemson University for a partial list of the many and varied standards for electromagnetic shielding of automobiles. Most automobiles and trucks have a similar appearance, at least close enough that we can tell when a object is an automobile or a truck just by looking at it. When it comes to wiring and electronics, however, the differences are much more striking. This fact makes generalizations about vehicles and EMP very difficult. Even if every make and model were tested on one occasion in an EMP simulator, the EMP resistance could be changed dramatically just by moving a wire or by changing the way that a cable is routed. This makes statements about the EMP resistance of any particular make and model nearly meaningless. This is why you will not find a listing anywhere of which makes and models of vehicles are EMP resistant."

"I also must re-emphasize the fact that during Soviet high-altitude nuclear tests over Kazakhstan in 1962, rugged diesel generators having no solid state parts were burned out by E1 EMP. In an important international electromagnetics conference in 1994, after the breakup of the Soviet Union, General Vladimir Loborev delivered an important technical paper in which he stated, "The matter of this phenomenon is that the electrical puncture occurs at the weak point of a system. Next, the heat puncture is developed at that point, under the action of the power voltage; as a result, the electrical power source is put out of action very often." This illustrates that even vehicles without an electronic ignition or other electronic components are not immune from EMP."

"The main advantage of a well-maintained older vehicle may be that it is likely to be much easier to repair if it does sustain EMP damage. The Soviet experience is a warning to keep critical electrical spare parts on hand for the older vehicle. This includes things like ignition coils, mechanical distributors, generators and starting motors."

"Finally, it would be appropriate here to say something about the effects on vehicles of the real nuclear EMP tests that were done in 1962. There have been reports of damage to automobiles in both the United States and Soviet high-altitude tests in 1962"
 
The only real testing efforts done, whether the 2008 or the 2012 tests...were some really crappy and unrealistic parameters. I really wouldn't put too much faith in them for foretelling how it would actually play out.

Realistically though, the worst that WOULD have happened, is that the vehicles stall out and don't restart.

I say WOULD...because NOW, with vehicles that have electronic steering, an EMP could essentially send them careening into other cars, etc. when that stalling also means they lose steering!!!

Not to mention the same idea but on jets, etc.
 

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