Considering IRL, the modern military has hardened its tech to be resistant to EMPs, I always find it amusing to see the fictional plot device treated as the Be-All-End-All for disabling mechanical devices :3

@floodtalon

It wouldn't.

@floodtalon

There is a boatload of stuff that goes with that question, the simple answer is no, just to avoid getting into a physics discussion. Simply put the Nexus is a giant mass of chaotic matter and an energy floating outside of any known space and time and yet among them all, kinda like a family sized Schrodinger's Cat experiment made by @TheWindel an insane mind.

Going into further detail would be losing one's time.

Well technically the military hasn't made their equipment resistant to EMPs, they just are moving the important stuff into bunkers which are protected from EMP attacks. The best defense anyone has is Farraday Cages right now. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

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You are not wrong, there's no such thing as being immune to EMPs because of the fact that there's no such thing as perfect insulation or shielding. It's just a matter of increasing the charge and eventually any dielectric will give in and become a conductor.

However, modern equipment has a higher threshold against it than older ones had. Yet, let's say, if someone detonated a nuke on low orbit, they would fry a huge portion of the electronics in an appreciable area (I'm talking about half of Canada, for example), just depending on the bomb's yield.

It's still nothing compared to taking a solar flare to the face, but that's as close as we can get at the moment with current tech. Refer to this and you'll see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_nuclear_explosion

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Yeah, it would get pretty crazy with the type of weapons we have today. That type of testing was banned in 1962 so we have no idea how much it would take out with a modern nuke.

@KoL Well, if you're bored of having nowhere to post, you could always post with ol World Tree over in Shattering. :P

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