What is DD IEC/TS 61000-5-8 - HEMP protection methods about?
DD IEC/TS 61000-5-8 is an international standard that discusses the HEMP protection methods for the distributed infrastructure.
DD IEC/TS 61000-5-8 provides general information concerning the disturbance levels and protection methods for all types of distributed infrastructures.
A nuclear burst at a typical altitude of 100 km illuminates the Earth to a ground radius from the point directly under the burst to a range of 1100 km. This means that any distributed and connected infrastructure such as power or telecommunications observes disturbances simultaneously over a wide area.
This type of situation is ...