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There is a cruise missile capable of delivering an EMP-like effect under development.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-electronics_High_Power...

Not that I know of, just ideas at this point.

I've seen a few companies not just signal jamming, but actually hijacking the radio signal to take full control of the drone.

Still plenty of consumer models have full autonomous modes guided by gps, so I guess that's got to be part of the mix too.

I think just the act of detonating a nuke sets off an EMP. However all electronics getting fried just before the entire city is incinerated ranks pretty low on the priority list.

Well that's kind of the thing right? Once you launch your ICBM, the fate of your cities are already sealed. On top of that, the effects seem to be highly variable. From a practical point of view, you might as well just use them in a traditional manner.