North Korea 'is capable of striking U.S. with a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack'

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[chessplayer]

North Korea has the capability to deliver on its threats to carry out a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack on the United States, it has been claimed.

Dr Peter Vincent Pry, executive director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security, has reportedly seen a long-suppressed government report that concludes North Korea is capable of using an Unha-3 rocket to carry out an attack on the U.S..

He says the U.S. would be particularly vulnerable to such an attack, as any rocket from North Korea is likely to travel over the South Pole and approach from the south - something American missile defences would apparently be powerless to stop.

Such an attack on the U.S. would cripple the country's defence systems, not to mention cause chaos in any scenario where an electronic device is required - including road, sea and air transport, government and civilian communications and, of course, the throughout entire economic sector.

The leaked Department of Homeland Security report allegedly claims that North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un already successfully practiced an electromagnetic pulse attack on the U.S. in early 2013.

[chessplayer]

If the order is given, the retaliation would turn the chia pet’s city into a smoldering radioactive crater.

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And he would care? I doubt it. He already doesn’t care about the millions he is starving.

[Organic Panic]

Thank goodness golf clubs aren’t electric or Obama might be concerned. The golf cart might not work but I am sure he can order some marines to carry him around on a sedan.

[clearcarbon]

"North Korea 'is capable of striking U.S. with a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack'"

Burglars will be stealing incandescent bulbs.

[Hawthorn]

>> every pinhead type that believes in global warming believes in EMP because they read it on the Internet. <<

You could not be more misinformed. EMP is not remotely similar to the global warming warnings.

I’ve worked on the effects of nuclear weapons under DOD contract, with a high-level security clearance. Many other FReepers are even better qualified than am I, and you can take their word that EMP is a real and extremely serious threat.

[trisham]

This is frightening.

[CodeToad]

“I’ve worked on the effects of nuclear weapons under DOD contract, with a high-level security clearance. “

You really have no idea who you are talking to. I’d stop repeating that bullshit story if I were you.