Analyst's note: The pressure builds as Israel works to determine how best to protect itself (and the free world) from Iran and the Islamist jihadists who are working to gain their ultimate weapon of terror. I recommend an internal site search on the term "Electromagnetic Pulse" and "Club-K" for additional insight regarding this matter. Here are just a few such related articles:
This Threat to America from Iran Seems Fictional, but It's a Real Danger
Maybe Congress is thinking about addressing EMP threat. Finally!
Islamist Attacks Coming Again to America: Iran preparing Mahdi's Special Forces
When the Power Grid Goes Down, You Better Be Ready!
EMP greatest strategic threat to U.S.
EMP Nightmare: How Iran or North Korea Could Destroy America with a Single Bomb
Apocalyptic Prophecy and Iran's Nuclear Intentions
U.S. essentially defenseless from stunning new weapon
The Club-K: A Deadly Pandoras Box of Cruise Missiles
Electromagnetic Pulses: The Threat That Cannot Be Ignored
British newspaper Sunday Times has exposed one of the "surprises" the Israel Defense Forces has in store in case of a military strike in Iran.
According to the Sunday morning report, the Jewish state could cripple the Islamic Republic's power grid with electromagnetic pulses as part of a concerted attack to halt Iran's military nuclear program, which could "send Iran back to the Stone Age."
The report, by Uzi Mahnaimi, claims that the possible use of such a weapon has been raised in several quarters as a debate rages among Israel’s politicians about whether a swift strike should be launched against Iran's nuclear facilities.
Bill Gertz, a veteran American defense specialist, is quoted as saying that US intelligence agencies have reported “growing concerns that Israel will conduct a strike on Iran using a high-altitude nuclear burst aimed at disrupting all electronics in the country."
[....] The newspaper quotes Uzi Rubin, who helped develop Israel’s anti-missile defense shield, as saying that “the use of a nuclear device even for non-lethal use such as EMP is out of the question. There are methods to operate EMP from the ground.”