Electromagnetic Pulse Caucus Battles Skeptics In Push To Protect The Planet
” A small but growing cadre of House members is set to relaunch efforts to protect the nation against what they say is a very real threat: the unleashing of an electromagnetic pulse either by a solar storm or a nuclear-armed foe that could cripple much of the nation’s electrical infrastructure.
“I realize there is skepticism, and I understand it’s easy to dismiss this as something coming from people who might go around wearing tinfoil hats,” said Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., one of the leaders of the little-known bipartisan congressional Electromagnetic Pulse Caucus.
But Franks said that he and other members of the caucus—which has seen its roster grow to at least 18 members from 11 last session—will keep pressing “in a low-key way so as not to try to scare people” to show that the dangers are legitimate. Now is the time to take steps to protect the nation’s electric grid, said Franks, aHouse Armed Services Committee member who is also cochairman of the 39-member Missile Defense Caucus.
At the top of this effort is the belief that every facet of routine life could be at risk for a short or even long period of time with the disabling of key parts of the nation’s infrastructure. Computers and circuits of homes, hospitals, supermarkets, water-treatment facilities, and banks would be fried; telecommunications and transportation systems would grind to a halt; and public safety and even national security could be compromised.
Some of those concerned envision scenarios in which terrorists or some hostile or rogue state, such as Iran or North Korea, might someday build or acquire and then launch and detonate a nuclear warhead above the United States with the intent of triggering such a devastating electromagnetic pulse.
Aside from such an above-atmosphere detonation of a nuclear bomb to carry out this havoc, there are concerns that electromagnetic energy from a massive geomagnetic storm from the sun or a comet might do the same. “
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Reblogged this on Family Survival Protocol.
This is a terrorist attack that few people think about. There’s a book (and upcoming film) “One Second After” by William Forschen. It’s fiction, but he did his research. He has North Korea launching simultaneous attacks on the West, East and Gulf Coasts (which their current technology could do) and no more electricity. Wow, what an eye-opener! Alaska’s governor has been working toward getting emergency food and supply depots set up for a couple of years now and those he’s tasked with it say nobody believes we really will need this. As if a strike in the Port of Los Angeles wouldn’t disrupt Alaska’s food supply lines — like happened in 2003. It’s really pretty amazing how people just can’t accept that someday, you might flip the switch and there’d be no juice — maybe forever.
I’ve fead the book . It is very well thought out and terrifying in it’s possibilities .
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This is a terrorist attack that could be carried out by a rogue state fairly easily. North Korea has the bombs and rocket technology to do this to the United States if they used a ship based launcher. It’s possible they could do it to Japan or South Korea without even leaving home. The scary thing is that the government has not hardened the infrastructure to prevent it. During a recent period of high solar winds, there was concern here in Alaska not only about communications, but the Greely Missile Defense Base. It turned out fine — it hit us at the right time in the earth’s spin, but the discussion should wake us up to the idea that we’re not prepared for this very real possibility. Lela