Government Record · Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from EMP Attack · 2004

EMP Commission, 2004: the 1962 Starfish Prime nuclear test knocked out street lights, tripped breakers and damaged a telecom relay in Hawaii, 1,400 kilometers away.

Some electronic and electrical systems in the Hawaiian Islands, 1400 kilometers distant, were affected, causing the failure of street-lighting systems, tripping of circuit breakers, triggering of burglar alarms, and damage to a telecommunications relay facility.

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