User blog comment:Leolab/The Blog that Won't Die/@comment-422690-20100526230639

"An atomic bomb does not produce one"

Incorrect; it is a well-known fact among well-learned people that atomic bombs and other neuclear weapons do, infact, cause an EMP. The US and Russia agreed to stop testing atomic bombs in space because the resultant atmospheric amplififcationof the EMP lead to a massive blackout over an area the size of the Pacific Ocean. That being said, the rest of your point is correct. It has the word "pulse" (the singular) in it for a reason. The pulse is a high-powered burst of electromagnetic energy (I think), which dissipates rather fast, allowing any other VTOLS outside the bomb's range to evac Capelli.