User blog comment:Leolab/The Blog that Won't Die/@comment-422690-20100527212843

All nukes create an EMP. Problem is, the actual heat and vaporization make the need for an EMP almost zip. The shockwave is what caused the shuttle to crash, though the presance of lights is not an indicator of a lack of an EMP, as it is possible that a race as advanced as the Chimera could be able to construct material that resists such forces.

And sorry, Garfield123. I should have said "nerdy people like me with no life" rather than "well-learned".