On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 6:36 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > Would an electromagnetic pulse from any nuclear explosion at this altitude > cause widespread damage to electronic equipment? I have not seen any > reports of this problem.
The nature of the explosion of a meteoroid is closer to that of a boiler than a nuclear bomb. The trapped water or dry ice within the structure flash vaporizes with the entry into the atmosphere and the destruction is a rending of the structure of the rock or nickel/iron. Virtually no EMP or gamma should result. Space rocks.
