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One Atmospheric Nuclear Explosion Could Take Out the Power Grid

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In July, Chinese researchers urged their government to increase the country's readiness for defending against a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. megaton thermonuclear weapon , code-named Starfish Prime, 250 miles above Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean. In 1962, the. conducted an atmospheric test of a 1.45