This is the 64th anniversasry of Starfish Prime, the largest nuclear weapon discharged space. It was 900 miles fro Honolulu, yet the EMP effects knocked out about 300 streetlights, burglar alarms, and a telephone company microwave link. The EMP damage to the microwave link shut down telephone calls from Kauai to the other Hawaiian Islands.[
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CA · July 9, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Also per an old gent in the Bell System, Starfish Prime also killed Telstar.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-us-accidentally-nuked-own-communications-satellite/
Bear Claw · July 9, 2026 at 10:53 pm
Waiting for the bigger one.
Old Maine Farmer · July 10, 2026 at 3:56 am
Peter Vincent Pry wrote some great stuff on how an EMP could be used to wipeout North America. He said that 100 pounds of the right stuff over the central US could wipe out the entire power grid, including much of Canada and Mexico. I think the only reason they don’t do this is the meltdown of over 100 nuclear power plants after their diesel runs out.
TRX · July 10, 2026 at 4:37 am
I first became aware of Starfish Prime five or six years ago. Last year, checking some information before making a blog post, I found that at least half of the pages I had visited before were 404, including most of the pictures, some of which were very impressive.
lynn · July 10, 2026 at 3:05 pm
Yup. And many other nations know this too and have considered it for … upstart former colonies.
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