EMP

DOD Taking Measures to Protect Nuclear Weapons, Space Assets

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September
16

The Defense Department relies on nuclear-armed bombers, submarines and intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as space-based sensors, to provide a strategic deterrence umbrella for the homeland and to protect deployed forces, allies and partners. However, sensitive microelectronics used in these …

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Chinese nuclear scientists urge readiness for electromagnetic pulse attack

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July
12

China should bolster its defences so that critical infrastructure could withstand potential future electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks that can wipe out power grids and communication, according to a Chinese military nuclear research institute. The United States is vulnerable to damage …

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James Woolsey Warns of Iranian EMP Attack Scenario

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May
23

U.S. leaders must weigh the possibility that Iran could very quickly develop the capacity to use an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon against the United States or its allies in the Middle East, former CIA Director and Ambassador R. James Woolsey …

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Institute’s ‘Junk Science’ Report Misses on EMP Threat

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May
8

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) represents itself as independent, but is funded by the electric power industry… EPRI’s latest report dismissing the threat from nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack “High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse and the Bulk Power System” repackages false …

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The EMP Executive Order — Where Were Bush and Obama?

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May
7

Alarmingly, in the military doctrines of potential adversaries, nuclear EMP attack is considered a dimension of cyber warfare, because EMP is not directly injurious to people, only to electronics… Yet EMP, like a super-energetic radio wave that can destroy all …

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Why President Trump’s Executive Order on EMP Preparedness Is Huge

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April
2

The Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Threats mandates that the White House take charge of national EMP preparedness… Traditionally, cabinet departments – including DOE and DHS – have a long history of playing down the seriousness of …

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North Korea’s Satellites Could Unleash Electromagnetic Pulse Attack

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March
10

North Korea reportedly is rebuilding its Sohae satellite launch facility, widely interpreted as threatening to resume intercontinental missile development — ignoring the greater immediate threat from North Korea’s satellites and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. “While most analysts are fixated on …

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