Posted on 11/30/2017 8:37:26 AM PST by SeekAndFind
This is why North Korea’s test of an intercontinental ballistic missile is so important. North Korea had test fired a total of 22 missiles so far this year, but this latest one showed that nobody on the globe is out of their reach. In fact, General Mattis is now admitting that “North Korea can basically threaten everywhere in the world”, and that includes the entire continental United States. In addition to hitting individual cities with nukes, there is also the possibility that someday North Korea could try to take down the entire country with an EMP attack. If the North Koreans detonated a single nuclear warhead several hundred miles above the center of the country, it would destroy the power grid and fry electronics from coast to coast.
I would like you to think about what that would mean for a few moments. Suddenly there would be no power at home, at work or at school. Since nearly all of our vehicles rely on computerized systems, you wouldn’t be able to go anywhere and nobody would be able to get to you. And you wouldn’t be able to contact anyone because all phones would be dead. Basically, pretty much everything electronic would be dead. I am talking about computers, televisions, GPS devices, ATMs, heating and cooling systems, refrigerators, credit card readers, gas pumps, cash registers, hospital equipment, traffic lights, etc.
For the first couple of days life would continue somewhat normally, but then people would soon start to realize that the power isn’t coming back on and panic would begin to erupt.
The intercontinental ballistic missile that North Korea just launched traveled almost 1,000 kilometers and reached a maximum altitude of 4,500 kilometers. We have been told for decades that this would never be allowed to happen, but now it has happened…
This is concerning for one big reason: according to General Mattis, the North Korean ICBM “went higher, frankly, than any previous” and “North Korea can basically threaten everywhere in the world.” This was confirmed by North Korea missile analyst, Shea Cotton, who cited Allthingsnuclear author David Wright, and who told the BBC that the initial estimates of the ICBM test mean that North Korea can now reach New York and Washington DC.
If we had been working hard to develop our anti-missile technology all these years, this wouldn’t be a problem.
But at this point we are way behind the Russians in this regard, and there is a very real possibility that a missile launched by the North Koreans could make it through the very limited anti-missile defenses that we do have.
Once upon a time, discussions about a North Korean EMP threat were mostly hypothetical, but now that has completely changed. North Korea has clearly demonstrated that they are able to deliver such an attack, and last September Kim Jong Un publicly admitted that North Korea intended to develop this capability…
But most reporters missed a key threat that appeared at the bottom of Kim’s public statement, when he bragged that North Korea had harnessed “a multi-functional thermonuclear nuke with great destructive power which can be detonated at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack according to strategic goals.”
So now we know. Launching an electromagnetic pulse attacks against its enemies is one of North Korea’s strategic goals. And for North Korea, the United States is the top enemy.
And like I said earlier, all it would take would be a single well placed nuclear detonation to fry electronics from coast to coast. The following comes from the Daily Mail…
Theoretically, a sufficiently powerful bomb detonated at an altitude of 249 miles would wipe out all electronics in the US, save the southernmost top of Florida and the easternmost states – as well as affecting Canada and Mexico.
Without power, nothing would get distributed. That means that very rapidly there would be no food, no water and no medicine available in your community. An article posted by Fox News this week used the term “post-apocalyptic” to describe what we would be facing…
It all starts to sound very post-apocalyptic when you realize this means no lights or other electric-powered devices in homes and businesses, no water filtration, no regional food hubs, no transportation grid – none of the things we take for granted in modern civilization.
Like I stated earlier, things would be relatively fine for a few days, but then once everyone realizes that the power isn’t coming back on there would be chaos on a scale unlike anything we have ever seen before. The following comes from an article by Mac Slavo…
The first 24 – 48 hours after such an occurrence will lead to confusion among the general population as traditional news acquisition sources like television, radio and cell phone networks will be non-functional.
Within a matter of days, once people realize the power might not be coming back on and grocery store shelves start emptying, the entire system will begin to delve into chaos.
Within 30 days a mass die off will have begun as food supplies dwindle, looters and gangs turn to violent extremes, medicine can’t be restocked and water pump stations fail.
So what kind of a “mass die off” would we be talking about?
Well, some of the top experts in the field believe that “up to 90 percent of all Americans” could end up dead if the power outage lasted long enough…
William Graham, chairman of the former EMP commission and its former chief of staff, Peter Vincent Pry, warned the hearing that such an attack could “shut down the US electric power grid for an indefinite period, leading to the death within a year of up to 90 percent of all Americans.“
Others believe that the figure would be lower, but pretty much everyone agrees that the death toll would be in the millions.
This is one of our greatest strategic vulnerabilities, and our power grid could be hardened against an EMP attack for just a few billion dollars. This is something that I am pushing very hard for, but right now it is just not a priority for our leaders in Washington.
In fact, they have actually pulled funding from the commission that was looking into the EMP threat…
On Sept. 30, the Congressional Commission to Assess the Threat of Electromagnetic Pulse to the United States of America shut its doors after a failure to secure funding from Congress.
Sometimes I find it difficult to come up with the words to describe how incredibly foolish Congress is being.
An EMP attack is a greater threat than ever before, and yet Congress didn’t even want to come up with a little bit of funding for the commission that was working on a plan to protect us.
This is yet another example that shows that we need new leadership on Capitol Hill, because right now the people that we have “representing” us in Washington seem to be completely and utterly clueless about almost everything.
Well, I'm certainly upset. I'd have to shoot all the Leftists who tried to take what I have.
Deary me. All those that hate and despise and demean me and mine for for questioning the basic goodness of Marxist thought...
Yup. I've done some deep soul searching, and have achieved a measure of Peace...
Should I put their heads, lined up on the picket fence, as a symbol of my inoffensive intent?
We should test our EMP (AKA - High Yield Nuclear Weapon) over NK.
Only problem is, it would likely affect Soul, SK and China (among others).
"Duck season"
"Rabbit season - nuke him, nuke him NOW!"
Run silent.
Run deep.
I’ve followed discussions of the consequences of an EMP attack for many years. The thought of a prolonged absence of electrical power is the stuff of nightmares and could be devastating, if doomsday scenarios plays out.
That’s a big ‘IF’, though, as it’s all theoretical, even if being based upon sound scientific principles. There have been other predictions of catastrophic events that turned out to be nothingburgers. Y2K anyone?
However, I do think it would be in our best interest to invest in the research and technology to prepare our electrical grid components for such an eventuality and ensure that it doesn’t happen to us if the potential for damage does turn out to be as severe as some say it is.
When you google this guy and understand his background you will discover that he is a genuine swamp dweller and "panel queen" who has made a nice living for himself staffing this long-running study. The concerns about EMP do not require more commissions and committees to hold expensive meetings, deliberate over expensive tax payer provided dinners and then provide their names to the cover of a report ghost written by a support staff that really has better things to do with their time.
This whinge is not about EMP but about the failure to fund this long-running boondoggle.
The extent to which EMP is a genuine concern rather than an overblown scare tactic to pry more support out of the congress for some inside-the-beltway contractors to keep up their lifestyle here in the swamp is a real question. It won't be answered by more panel queens.
And, as others have pointed out, if NK tries this, we may have a lot of other problems, but one of them won't be NK anymore.
Horse hockey.
Which we do. But that is not the issue here. The issue here is to keep funding this commission.
RE: Horse hockey.
Please elaborate.
I would just need to rig a hand pump to my well. If that failed, the groundwater in my area is about 5 feet below the surface.
It would be the last thing North Korea would do. They won’t win the war.
I think the danger is in the NORKs selling it to a terrorist organisation to let them do the dirty work and take all the blame while they stand by with a "not me" look on their faces....
Why are you embracing FUD?
I don’t believe it either. It would have to be a thermonuclear detonation at that altitude. Remember, the electromagnetic wave decreases with the square of the distance.
It seems more likely that they would be able to incinerate a city that pull off a high altitude detonation that would have this effect. More likely than that is that they’d get off a missile and that it’d miss its target or otherwise malfunction or be intercepted.
That said, I’m glad my remote bugout location is finished - unlimited water, well stocked on food and lots of hunting/fishing nearby, offgrid renewable power. Assuming that I can safely get to it, I’ll be set for a long time.
Those NK “satellites” are nothing more than debris. And, actually, after the X-37B spent 718 days in orbit, I really doubt the NK debris is even in orbit any longer.
My thoughts exactly. But even if Number 1 were untrue, Number 2 would still be a fact. I’m certain the US Nuclear Forces infrastructure is well hardened against such an attack.
While I have no doubts the Mullahs of Iran would be happy to find paradise, I do doubt that little fat prick in NK would not.
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