Non-Nuclear EMP Weapons: How to Deter China's Growing Military Might?

Non-Nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse weapons could have such a promise when it comes to knocking out Chinese radars, warships, and military installations. EMPs are generated in nature by lightning or by nuclear weapons. Weapons like the A-10 Warthog were conceived to shred these divisions along with weapons like the AH-64 Apache. Today, China and Russia are on the verge of technological parity with the United States and its allies, which makes their planes, ships, tanks, missiles, and other military hardware just as vulnerable as our weapons systems are. NNEMP weapons could have the effect of blinding the enemy and throwing a monkey wrench into China's ability to communicate among its units and to detect allied forces. It behooves the U.S. military to move the development of practical NNEMP weapons to near the top of the list of next-generation wonder weapons. At the same time, the United States and its allies should work to harden electronics in their military units against reciprocal attacks by enemies like China and Russia that are rumored to also have similar weapons.