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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 …
In an extraordinary and sobering report meant to educate the nation on a growing threat, a new military study warns that an electromagnetic pulse weapon attack such as those developed by North Korea, Russia, and Iran could essentially challenge the …
We recently learned that North Korea is preparing its people for the effects of electromagnetic pulse, or EMP. Whether that’s because Kim Jong-un’s despotic regime intends to initiate the use of such weapons with a nuclear arsenal he has no …
North Korean officials charged with spreading propaganda are informing residents about the significance of nuclear electromagnetic pulse weapons. Propaganda officials are tasked with promoting the Workers’ Party of Korea’s (WPK) policies while also aiming to increase economic production. They have …
In 2008, the statutory Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack delivered over 100 recommendations to Congress to protect the national electric grid and other life-sustaining critical infrastructures — including communications, transportation, energy, …
A seventh nuclear test in January had confirmed that the warhead carried by the missile would in time be a thermonuclear one with the power to destroy all life within an area of 70 square kilometres. Some intelligence reports had …
The United States faces many threats in today’s world, from terrorism to computer hacking. There is a less-discussed threat that could potentially kill millions of people, after societal collapse and mass starvation: an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP. The EMP was …
Why does the EMP threat warrant another Manhattan Project? Appended to my book are some of the most recent unclassified reports of the Congressional EMP Commission that provides the most definitive assessment of the EMP threat and solutions for purposes …
An attack on the nation’s electric grid, from a solar storm, terrorist or enemy like North Korea, would have a devastating impact even if it lasted just one day, Congress and the Pentagon have been warned. A one-day blackout would …