China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran Set For Electronic Pulse Attacks on U.S.
The article you posted restates old and well-known information about EMP. There is nothing in the article about an imminent combined attack from China, Russia, NK, and Iran as the headline suggests:
"The United States critical national infrastructure faces a present and continuing existential threat from combined-arms warfare, including cyber and manmade electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, and natural EMP from a solar superstorm,"
"Potential adversaries understand that millions could die from the long-term collateral effects of EMP and cyber-attacks that cause protracted black-out of national electric grids and other life-sustaining critical infrastructures,"
This is irresponsible reporting at its worst.
The article quotes the report "Nuclear EMP attack is part of the military doctrines, plans, and exercises of Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran for a revolutionary new way of warfare against military forces and civilian critical infrastructures by cyber, sabotage, and EMP."
Who thinks EMP is not in the U.S. arsenal and we have military doctrines on its use?
I am sure the war plan for Iran is “cripple their electric grid and blow-up all their dams, and when the Ayatollahs have to worry about how to feed 30 million they’ll quit making trouble”.
“This is irresponsible reporting at its worst.”
Oh, give ‘em a break.
They write for the stupid among us.
I tried a little over a year ago to bring reality into an EMP discussion and was roundly booed off the stage by the same audience.
Believe me, there’s $Billions in EMP hardening. It’s another attempt at Y2K. And it’s a contracted “special report” to the Congress by folks who stand to profit.
This has nothing to do with an official Government announcement of risk, nor recommended remediation.
The REAL EMP risk is to be 1 mile below a 100KT air burst. Or 10-20 miles away.
But most certainly if you are 100 miles away, your car will start.