Back in the Cold War days I was involved with uk civil defence. In my loft space I had a large aluminium EMP proof case containing …… I do not know. When the Berlin Wall fell, a few months later it was crushed without me ever knowing.
I find the American obsession with surviving war totally laughable. I’m sorry, but people are really building nuclear bunkers, and wrapping their Baofengs in foil and burying them in the garden? The trend seems to be people want dirt cheap radios, costing as little as possible, but are now trying to keep them working after somebody drops a bomb? Really? If I advertised a radio here in the UK, saying buy this radio, stick it in an EMP enclosure and hide it away just in case a war started I’d be on National TV as a loony, and the ■■■■ of a million jokes. Does average Mr America believe EMP damage soon is this likely? It makes America and Americans look a bit er, xenophobic and panic stricken. I’ve mentioned ‘go bags’ to people here and nobody has ever heard of this kind of protectionism. The vast proportion of UK residents live within overnight fallout distance from a USAF air base, and even our loony left politicians don’t even talk about bombs. Sorry guys, but you really are suffering from paranoia.