What is the threat?

There is little media coverage of the threat posed by an EMP event, but the US government and military have been increasing their study of it as well as preparing for a possible strike. However, when you do find media coverage of the threat of an EMP event, it does question why it doesn't receive more attention. Media Coverage: On June 24, 2020, the Washington Times wrote: "China is developing electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons that can fry all electronics over vast distances and could deploy the weapons on its new hypersonic missiles, according to a report by a security group." On September 28, 2021, AsiaTimes reported: "China’s EMP missile would plunge cities into darkness" The June 25, 2020, headline on Forbes.com was: "China Has ‘First-Strike’ Capability To Melt U.S. Power Grid With Electromagnetic Pulse Weapon." On June 20, 2020, The Hill wrote: "In March 2020, a panel of China’s military experts threatened to punish U.S. Navy ships for challenging China’s illegal annexation of the South China Sea by making an EMP attack — one of the options they considered least provocative because the crew would be unharmed, but most effective because the ship would be disabled." US government/military and the scientific community: