Infowars' Alex Jones, among others, suggested EMP devices could find their way across from China.
about U.S. EV charging networks, wrote:"This won't matter when the Chinese Communist Party sets off an EMP in the US now that they know there are no consequences for sending spy balloons to do dry run EMPs in America.The Factsthe term EMP refers to an"electromagnetic pulse caused by a nuclear device or nonnuclear device."
The altitude of detonation is crucial as the effect is small for bursts below about 20km. However, a high-altitude EMP could generate a pulse"in the tens of kilovolts per meter with a radius of effects from hundreds to thousands of kilometers." The appearance of the spy balloon across the U.S., particularly in its proximity to the national security centers, has therefore led to concern that such an attack could be plausible, seeing as the balloon appeared to evade detection.
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