Posted on 08/01/2015 11:09:02 AM PDT by TXnMA
Hall "knows his stuff" when it comes to applied technology for shielding electronics from EMP -- both man-made and natural (Solar ejections) damage to our electronic infrastructure.
Hall's remarks were published as part of a much larger and more technically informative (Good Read!!) article on the website, Family Security Matters
Straight up!
I personally observed EMP effects associated with one of our high altitude nuke tests over the Pacific...
Please describe your observation.
I’d like to learn more.
What part of the grid proper would there be any necessity to shield from EMP? Isn’t “the grid” basically a bunch of wire and transformers? What specific “sensitive devices and organizations against electromagnetic pulse and electromagnetic terrorism” would be protected?
How far away? Were you in Hawaii?
Not only is an EMP attack feasible, it could be deniable
We would not only be crippled as a nation but there would be disputes about who even did it or why, as the Ayatollahs swore on the holy korans they didden do nuffin
and sniggered at our fool president and our paralyzed NCA
The wires mostly, I believe.
When a big nuke goes off at high altitude, it displaces magnetic field lines that surround Earth. This happens very rapidly at first, then settles down over a period of minutes after.
When that big initial transient occurs, the amount of magnetic flux that links some of the long-distance stretches of transmission lines suddenly changes. This induces big voltages and currents in those lines.
There may be other effects in the RF spectrum I’m not aware of.
I know Bob Hall’s minuteman EMP program intimately. He’s right about this, as usual.
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Security precludes further detail...
I am not an electrician nor do I have my EE, but I have been told by those that do, that the US could significantly reduce the national exposure to an EMP by putting AC-DC-AC converters on high power lines where they cross state boundaries.
Also, consider that the grid (like most everything else, nowadays) is controlled by -- computers.
During an EMP, power lines become antennas that channel the EMP pulse. Thus power lines extend the range and effect of an EMP. While the original pulse might be enough to fry a state’s footprint, the power lines extend the area. The pulse can then damage / destroy much of the power distribution network over a large area.
To repair the damage, many lines, junctions, transformers, trip/triggers, etc will need to be replaced. Depending on the time location and possible cascade effect, power plant transformers may need to be replaced and possibly even the power plant generators. That is near to a worse case scenario. Power plant transformers are not sitting on the docks waiting to be shipped. They are multi-ton, ship via train, HUGE transformers. Order to build to delivery can take a year and a half.
I saw an older vehicle the other day on the road, with the license plate: “EMP PRF”.
Bob Hall: “From 1984 to 2013, he operated a business, Professional Proposal Management, Inc., which assisted companies in obtaining government contracts. “
EMP can be big business. This is just a business stunt like the Ozone Hole was and Globull Warming is.
Does it kill people?
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