EMP alert: 2 N. Korean satellites now orbit over U.S

FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN WORLD NET DAILY ^ | 4/24/2015 | MICHAEL MALOOF

[Mrs. Don-o]

"The satellites “orbit” over the US"

Perfectly accurate war to describe a geosynchronous orbit.

[SaveFerris]

Probably short speech for saying their orbit causes them to pass over the U.S. I have never looked at the satellite track nor heard of these specifically. I have seen someone talking about it.

(as an aside)

[Buckeye McFrog]

No kidding. Getting a rudimentary Sputnik-style satellite into orbit is one thing. Miniaturizing a nuclear warhead to that size and getting THAT in orbit is something altogether different.

[Mrs. Don-o]

“Way” to describe. Guess I’ve got “war” on my mind,

[MarvinStinson]

Boy, this article is taking a beating here.

[SaveFerris]

At 300 miles, nothing is in geosynchronous orbit.

[SandRat]

This all sounds like unnecessary worry, from 3 mile island or the movie “The Day Afterâ”.

[steve86]

“but whose orbits fly from north to south in the Eastern Pacific.”

How could any satellite in polar orbit not pass over the CONUS quite frequently? The earth rotates.

[itsahoot]

There is no strategic plan that has a positive outcome for this.

Depends entirely what the goals of the lunatic dictator are. Maybe he has decided that starvation is taking way to long to wipe out his useless subjects.

[Bryanw92]

Do they have a large enough fission bomb onboard? Are they even large enough to carry a big fission bomb?

[Mrs. Don-o]

Thanks, that’s as it may be. I wasn’t addressing that, just that a geosynchronous orbit by definition stays “over” a given spot on earth.

[itsahoot]

Sputnik was a satellite that sparked an arms race. It was nothing more than a radio transmitter but put us in fear of going to sleep "in the light of a Russian moon".

I was stationed at Fort Sheridan when this happened and they played the beep for days in the mess hall.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Ping

[steve86]

No. No.

[Bryanw92]

>>Expected from Joe Farah?

I do expect more from Joe Farah. I expect him to overinflate news like this and then add on some nonsense about Christians needing to give up bacon or wear tassels or such. /s

[Steely Tom]

...of the Korean Satellites which do NOT traverse the Continental United States but whose orbits fly from north to south in the Eastern Pacific.

Just to be accurate, a satellite that orbits from north to south is in a polar orbit, which covers the entire area of Earth over time.

A polar orbit that stays over one region (such as the Eastern Pacific) is impossible without the expenditure of a great deal of fuel.

[SaveFerris]

True. 22,300 miles out (or so).

I’ve seen statements by others (not at FR) that the military would be paralyzed. The U.S. military prepared for nuclear combat with the Russkies (Dr. Strangelove) and prepared for some EMP events.

[PIF]

Don’t know but maybe they are not in true polar orbits ... I think the poster was referring to the direction northerly to southerly but not to a polar orbit which is quite different. Maybe someone has more or better info on the orbits and a better explanation.

Most anything by NK or Iran is going to have a whole lot of bluster, photo shopping and other misleading data.

[Boogieman]

An EMP attack on the continental US wouldn’t do a damn thing to stop our subs from turning North Korea into a molten pile of rubble.

[Steely Tom]

Just because this particular writer is a crackpot does not mean that the risk of an EMP attack on the United States is not real, or does not need to be taken seriously.

I didn't mean to imply that.

The video you link is 74 minutes long. Could you boil it down for me? Does it mention the possibility of such an attack coming from North Korea?