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Originally Posted by ShootistPRS
It is vitally important to recognize that there is no direct danger to human or other life forms from a high altitude nuclear detonation. There will be a flash of light. There will not be a blast. There will not be any harmful radiation.
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The EMP won't but an air burst will still have air blast causing over pressure (shock wave) which will knock down buildings for considerable distance.
You'll still have to contend with thermal heat causing fires and burns.
You just don't have all the (now radioactive) debris you'd get with a surface detonation getting tossed into the atmosphere as fallout.
It's not like a air burst nuke just knocks electronics out and we're good to go.