How an EMP attack could send the US 'instantly into the Stone Age': No phones, computers, or cars

How an EMP attack could send the US ‘instantly into the Stone Age’: No phones, computers, or cars


The effects of an electromagnetic pulse are far worse than most Americans can imagine, a leading space policy expert has warned.

With foreign adversaries like Russia and China officially classifying the EMPs outside of the purview of nuclear arms treaties, the infrastructure-shattering weapons could be used against Western nations with little to no direct casualties.

“Gen Z is gonna learn how to make a fire and sharpen spears.”

Space policy expert and former Trump administration advisor Greg Autry told Blaze News that EMP technology and its effects have been known for over 50 years.

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“EMP is an electronic, magnetic pulse weapon and it’s usually initiated with a large nuclear blast, typically at high altitude outside the atmosphere in space,” Autry explained. “You basically detonate a nuclear bomb, it ionizes

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