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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Solar-generated attacks on the unprotected U.S. electric grid cost $10 billion a year, and they are escalating, making the system vulnerable to a catastrophic failure that could cut off electricity for months, federal officials and energy experts warned Wednesday… The …
Russia’s Vostok-18 mobilized 300,000 troops, 36,000 tanks and other vehicles, 1,000 aircraft, 80 ships, partnered with China, and simulated a nuclear war with the United States. Vostok-18 was not only the largest military exercise ever conducted by Russia, but may …
As far back as 1996, the communist Chinese government knew that the United States was vulnerable to a nuclear Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) set off in the atmosphere above the country. An article published by the Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) — …
A new military study provides an ominous warning: America’s enemies have not given up on the devastating effects of an EMP on a woefully unprepared United States. An EMP attack on the United States has been the subject of nightmare …
The probability of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) in our lifetime is much higher than most Americans would assume, according to Dr. Peter Pry, the Executive Director of the EMP Task Force. Pry explains there are three sources of EMP: the …
The Air Force released its 2018 Electromagnetic Defense Task Force report last week, which concluded that an electromagnetic pulse—generated either by a nuclear weapon or solar flare—could cripple systems that rely on the electromagnetic spectrum… Electronics of that era were …
Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons might be a staple of movies and video games, but they pose a very real threat. With just about every facet of modern society reliant on electronic devices, Sandia National Laboratories has developed a “friendly” EMP …