The Very Real Threat Of
An EMP Attack
Since the official end of the Cold War, the United States has been the world's sole superpower, leading the world in wealth creation, technology and military might that, at times, seems unassailable.
The technological advantage the United States
possesses is felt by its enemies on the battlefield and it is the connected
nature of modern life through digitally controlled electrical grids and
Internet-based communications networks that allows such incredible
progress.
But few realize how vulnerable the country
truly is to an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that could bring all of this
crashing down.
While frightening, it is truly hard to
imagine that a simple EM pulse, even one that kills no one in the initial
blast, could be far more deadly than a conventional nuclear strike.
Rapid economic collapse, failed
transportation systems, mass starvation and the failure of every electronic
device within a thousand-mile radius would signal the end of the American era.
Unfortunately, Iran, Russia, China and North
Korea are well aware of the destruction an EMP weapon would cause and there is
now evidence that each has either an EMP weapon or has drawn up strategic plans
to use such a weapon.
The death toll from a major EMP attack over
the United States has been estimated as low as 50% and as high as 90% of the
population, according to the Washington-based think tank, The Center for
Security Policy.
Arizona Representative Trent Franks recently
released to the public information on Iranian war doctrine which contains an
operation called "Passive Defense" which is anything but
passive.
Iranian military planners propose to counter
the military might of the US using nuclear EMP weapons, conventional sabotage
and cyber-warfare to attack vulnerable electrical infrastructure.
Representative Franks has introduced a bill
that would harden the electrical grid to protect the US against what he calls
"the most dangerous short-term national security threat we face."
Officially, Iranian religious clerics have
declared that the use of nuclear weapons against civilian populations is
forbidden according to Islam.
Whether anyone believes such self-serving
statements, it is interesting to note that these same religious leaders have made
a special exception to their fatwa that allows the use of nuclear EMP weapons,
since death would come due to starvation rather than directly from the nuclear
blast itself.
According to the Washington Times, Iran has
already practiced launching EMP capable missiles off freighters and hitting
altitudes ideal for maximum EMP effect.
Whereas Iran may not have the EMP capable
warheads they need yet, they are far from the only rogue nation developing EMP
weapons to counter the United States.
Russia and China both possess nuclear
arsenals easily capable of setting the United States back into the dark ages,
but so far the threat of retaliation has kept each in check.
A resurgent Russia that continues to encroach
on Europe after its invasions of Georgia and Ukraine would stand to gain from
such a strike if it could avoid the massive US counter-punch.
South Korea's intelligence agency claims that
Kim Jong-Un's brutal regime has recently purchased EMP weapons from Russia and
is now in the process of adapting these for use against South Korea and the
US.
With a country already on the brink of
collapse, how long will it be until Kim decides he has nothing more to lose?
Electromagnetic pulses are categorized as E1,
E2 and E3. Solar flares, for which the Earth is overdue, cause E3 pulses which
can cripple unshielded electrical grids for years.
The E1 pulse from a nuclear detonation (NEMP)
at an altitude of 200 miles and with an effective radius of around 1,000 miles
results from gamma rays ionizing the mid-stratosphere.
This causes a cascading resonance with the
Earth's own magnetic field that induces a massive voltage surge in electrical
circuits on the surface.
Generally, the longer the circuit, the more
powerful is the voltage, though there is no minimum safe circuit length. Some
cars, most computers and anything connected to the grid would be destroyed as
well as the transformers in the grid themselves.
Far worse than simply living in the 1800s,
modern cities are fed by long supply chains and mechanized agriculture that
would collapse.
Electronic banking and payment would cease
and millions would revert back to a barter and trade economy as forms of
payment.
So what can be done? The Edison Electrical
Group cost estimates range from as little as two hundred million to as much as
twenty billion dollars to harden the US electrical grid from attack through
installation of specialized transformers.
So far, the Obama Administration has not seen
fit to protect the nation against such threats and, in response to a few
lawmakers, such as Representative Franks, some states have begun to explore the
possibility of taking steps of their own.
After trillions in deficit spending and $800
million in stimulus spending in the last decade, the cost of preparation does not
seem high considering the consequences.
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Music by Samuel A. Ward (written in 1882)
Lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates (written in 1889)
Lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates (written in 1889)
lyrics
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Above the fruited plain
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From sea to shining sea
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