If you've ever watched The Matrix or Ocean's Eleven, you'll be familiar with EMP weapons -- pulses of intense electromagnetic radiation that melt any nearby conductors, disabling just about any ...

A “Golden Dome” missile defense shield designed to detect, track and intercept incoming ballistic weapons would offer the United States the best protection possible against advanced missile threats, ...

When the 9/11 Commission issued its report, it complained that federal agencies had a colossal “failure of imagination.” Nobody could accuse Newt Gingrich from suffering that shortfall. When he ...

PHOENIX — A nuclear weapon detonates hundreds of miles above America’s heartland, sending an electromagnetic pulse at the speed of light that fries circuits across the U.S. The power grid, ...

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 ...

Last week House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner issued a cryptic warning that Russia is developing a new space-based nuclear weapon designed to knock out American satellites. Turner called ...

An electromagnetic pulse weapon could potentially devastate large countries and lead to the death of millions of people. China may be plotting a Pearl Harbor-style attack with some kind of EMP assault ...

I became involved in the issue of EMP nearly 15 years ago, when I undertook the writing of a novel about the potential impact and after-effects of an EMP strike on the United States. As a trained ...

One Second After offers a realistic look at a weapon and its awesome power to destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. William R. Forstchen is widely considered one of the ...

An obscure congressional committee was set to disband this fall after issuing apocalyptic warnings since 2001 about an attack it claimed could kill most of the U.S. population. An electromagnetic ...