EMP Weapons: How China Will Punch Out Our Lights

Canada Free Press ^ | 11/04/2023 | Chet Nagle

[SeekAndFind]

On 6 July China’s dictator-for-life, Xi Jinping, ordered his military to “deepen war and combat planning.” At the same time, the Biden administration (and most of Congress) will not recognize that the CCP has already declared war on them and the rest of America. As a result, our international and domestic defenses are vulnerable in many vital areas.

To match Xi Jinping’s preparations for war we must accelerate rebuilding our navy with more ships and submarines, we must create a real ICBM defense, we must stop thousands of Chinese illegals now flooding across our borders, and we must round up those already hiding in our cities and towns.

1962, Starfish Prime

Our foremost task, however, must be to ensure that our electricity grid is able to withstand an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP). Such a pulse can come from nature as coronal mass ejection – a solar flare – as it did in 1859. That sun flare caused the “Carrington Event,” the most intense geomagnetic storm in our planet’s recorded history. Electronics were rare those days, but telegraph wires acted as antennas for the sun’s energy pulse and it knocked out telegraph systems across America.

The next EMP event was man-made. In 1962, Starfish Prime was a test of a 1.4 megaton H-bomb above the Johnston atoll in the Pacific. Detonated 250 miles above the surface it resulted in an unexpected High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) that reached Hawaii, 900 miles away. It knocked out streetlights, set off burglar alarms, and damaged a microwave link that shut down telephone calls from Kauai to other Hawaiian islands. There was no fallout or blast damage to cities and towns below by that detonation in the stratosphere. It was so far above the surface it could best be seen at night,

[ansel12]

The military sure takes it seriously and there are big efforts in the civilian sector to prepare for it.

The military has been building in protection for its equipment for generations, and developing the weapons utilizing it for warfare.

[dljordan]

“Their EMP missiles need only to be detonated above our aircraft carriers in the Pacific to render their radars, radios, and navigation systems useless – as well as those of every aircraft they carry. Because of the range of an EMP pulse, they don’t need direct hits. A miss by a mile will do.”

They are hardened against EMP as well as our aircraft.

[dljordan]

“Still wouldn’t hurt to have our power grid hardened to protect against EMPs...the sun can do that to us as well.”

We buy our transformers from China.

[CodeToad]

China could lose 600,000 and be the better for it. Never threaten an overpopulated country with death, they may thank you for it.

[This_Dude]

I repair and refurbish pad mounted and pole mounted transformers. 9/10 of them are made in Mexico and the other 1/10 are US built. I think I might have seen one Chinese transformer in my carreer

[dljordan]

” I think I might have seen one Chinese transformer in my carreer”

I thought the big ones were made in China.

[CptnObvious]

Why do you think the push to Fiber Optics occured and that most cities put there power underground?

True, an EMP would do a lot of damage, but with Fiber Optics and power underground too much would survive and an replying in kind would not be fun for the perps.

[This_Dude]

Most of them are prolecs which are made in Mexico. Ermcos are somewhat common, also Mexican made. I don’t recall seeing a Chinese 3-phase, only china built one I’ve seen was a single phase, primed at the factory. Mexico doesn’t put primer on the metal so they’ll rot through and lose their oil if we don’t inspect them every few years. Howards, Coopers are American made and I think Central Maloni and ABBs are as well. Don’t see too many malonis. Maybe 20 ever in my experience

[Keyhopper]

An EMP set off 300 miles over Kansas would knock power out to most of the country.

[dereknunley]

Yes, I have read both “one second after”, and “one year after”. Both were very good reads. My wife is planning on getting me “five years after” for Christmas, and I look forward to reading it.

[Vermont Lt]

Tell her to save the money…it’s not that great.

The first novel was good. But it is out of date. The EMP threat would be localized and temporary.

A CME on the other hand….

[dereknunley]

Out of date? Temporary and localized? I’ve not stayed up to date on this issue. Please tell me if you know, have we done work on hardening the grid in the past few years?