EMP – the unimaginable reality (Red Dawn?)

WND ^ | Arpil 5, 2013 | Joseph Farah

[Perseverando]

Exclusive: Joseph Farah warns of 'Red Dawn' scenario becoming real-life catastrophe

Have you seen “Red Dawn”?

I don’t mean the old movie starring the late Patrick Swayze.

It was good. But I’m talking about the more recent version.

I hesitated watching it for a long time, mainly because I thought the producers of the movie sold out when they opted to substitute a North Korean invasion of the U.S. for what was originally planned as a more likely Chinese invasion.

Supposedly they did so because the Chinese movie market was too lucrative to pass up.

But, having seen it recently, and having followed the news of recent weeks, I think the producers made the right choice.

Watch trailer here:

The new “Red Dawn” is worth seeing as it comes to pay-per-view and video rental release.

It’s not a bad action movie.

But, more than that, the tactic that facilitates a joint North Korean and Russian invasion of the U.S. is the one I would use if I were trying to take down the U.S. quickly and efficiently and inexpensively.

I won’t ruin the movie for you by telling you the invaders use what is described in the script as a “new weapon.”

It’s actually not new at all. It’s relatively old technology called an “electro-magnetic pulse.” The power of an EMP attack was first recognized during the Cold War era. It’s a power that has the potential to defeat overnight America’s strength – technology.

And that’s exactly what happens in the new “Red Dawn.”

If I were the lunatic Kim Jong-un, it’s how I would use at least one of my nine nuclear weapons in taking down the U.S. – something he threatens to do on nearly a daily basis now.

As F. Michael Maloof explains so adeptly

[RFEngineer]

“I have nothing to stop except arguing with you sir.”

Good enough. Learn before you post. There is lots of information out there that directly refutes your many errors.

[Darnright]

Ok, we know this is a major threat. So, please explain just why we do not make it a priority to (a)stockpile repair parts for the grid and (b)harden the grid???

Experts say it’s not if, but when this happens. We can put an overabundance of government nannies at every airport, but we cannot take pre-emptive measures to lessen the impact of an event that could kill an overwhelming percentage of our population.

[PA Engineer]

Ok, we know this is a major threat. So, please explain just why we do not make it a priority to (a)stockpile repair parts for the grid and (b)harden the grid???

Murkowski

The original bill, known as the GRID Act, authorized the federal government to take emergency measures to protect some 300 giant power transformers around the country. It passed the House of Representatives by a unanimous voice vote in August, an unusual show of bipartisan support in this Congress.

But when it went to the Senate, the bill was gutted of the measures to protect the power grid from EMP attack by Murkowski and committee chairman Jeff Bingamon, D-N.M., while other portions of the bill were added to her own energy bill, S. 1462, the American Clean Energy Act of 2009.

“Sen. Murkowski stripped H.R. 5026 of the main elements designed to protect our infrastructure and did not add them to her bill,” said Andrea Lafferty, executive director of the Traditional Values Coalition.

[Darnright]

>But when it went to the Senate, the bill was gutted of the measures to protect the power grid from EMP attack by Murkowski and committee chairman Jeff Bingamon, D-N.M.<

If I lived in Alaska, I’d be screaming to impeach this woman.

[PA Engineer]

If I lived in Alaska, I’d be screaming to impeach this woman.

She could be culpable for the death of millions.