Do you really think, under the scenario you painted, they won't nuke all the usual suspects? Not exactly a "cooler heads will prevail" type of situation.
No thats not what I was saying at all.
I think that I have no idea what would happen.
I have worked with the government and the military enough to know that there is no way to predict what they will do, or why.
I'm asking how we would know who did it. The explosion would be so high up in the atmosphere that we couldn't test the isotopes so quickly.
You know you and I miscommunicate alot. Why is that?
Actually I bet if we got HEMP'd from a shipping vessel they would clear the waters around the US, have the navy inspect all shipments, and try to rebuild the country.
They would have, wait for it, buildings built to the MIL-STD so its not like they would be concerned about being uncomfortable. Just the peasants.