| PERCENTAGE OF RECOVERY IN AREA CAPACITY TO DATE | PERCENTAGE OF CAPACITY NONRECOVERABLE | |
|---|---|---|
| Communications | 25% | 45% |
| Data processing/storage | 20 | 65 |
| Guidance systems | 60 | 22 |
| Intelligence-gathering systems | 18 | 72 |
| Detection systems | 24 | 40 |
The “Percentage of Capacity Nonrecoverable” statistics suggest estimated requirements for both imports and internal U.S. rebuilding efforts.
3.3 Civilian
3.3.1 Overview
This study has identified 12 major civilian business/industry/public enterprise areas most affected by EMP- generated effects:
| TYPE OF ENTERPRISE | PERCENTAGE OF DAMAGE SUSTAINED |
|---|---|
| Computer/information systems | 87% |
| Defense industry | 57 |
| Electronic/telecommunications | 73 |
| Financial industry | 41 |
| Government (all levels) | 67 |
| Heavy industry | 31 |
| Manufacturing | 28 |
| Petrochemical | 38 |
| Power/utilities | 57 |
| Service industry | 39 |
| Transportation | 60 |
3.3.2 Discussion
Overall assessment: High-end damage at 50-percent level. The nation’s civilian enterprises were affected almost as significantly as the military, perhaps because of inadequate shielding provisions. Although no precise figure can be calculated, it is believed that over 50 percent of the nation’s civilian microelectronic capacities were destroyed by EMP.
As with the military, the prewar civilian groups, including government, made extensive use of microelectronics, largely in computer applications for information storage and processing, and to a lesser extent in systems for manufacturing, airplane guidance, radio and television communications, and the like.
Unfortunately, because of national defense and reconstruction needs, few prewar surplus components are available and current import allocations are limited. As a consequence, the rate of recovery is lower than that for the military.
3.3.3 Recovery Projections
Projections for civilian recovery are based on factors similar to those outlined in 3.2.3 above. They are as follows:
