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Was an EMP Attack Just Tested on the United States?
American Thinker ^ | 05/08/2014 | Jason Kissner

Posted on 05/08/2014 6:56:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

An unsettling series of events arguably bearing on national security transpired last week that the MSM hastened to paper over.  On April 30, the FAA, as a consequence of “computer glitches”, halted outgoing flights at LAX as well as other airports including PHX, SFO, SJC, SLC, LAS, and SAN.

An NBC  report May 2 remarked:

A relic from the Cold War appears to have triggered a software glitch at a major air traffic control center in California Wednesday that led to delays and cancellations of hundreds of flights across the country, sources familiar with the incident told NBC News.

On Wednesday at about 2 p.m., according to sources, a U-2 spy plane, the same type of aircraft that flew high-altitude spy missions over Russia 50 years ago, passed through the airspace monitored by the L.A. Air Route Traffic Control Center in Palmdale, Calif. The L.A. Center handles landings and departures at the region’s major airports, including Los Angeles International (LAX), San Diego and Las Vegas.

On May 6, Mac Slavo, writing at SHTFplan (linked at Drudge), followed NBC’s reporting with:

The Air Force officially denied that it was a U-2 spy plane, claiming they found the glitch but provided no reason for what caused it:

It’s still not clear why the U-2 flew into the L.A. Center’s airspace, or why it didn’t give advance warning of the flight, as per usual. According to NBC News, the nearby Edwards Air Force Base and NASA’s Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center (located at Edwards) “have been known to host U-2s.”


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: attack; emp
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To: ansel12

My experience was at the major weapon system level.


61 posted on 05/08/2014 11:36:02 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: pfflier

You are being so cryptic, I don’t even know what input you are trying to make on this thread, you haven’t said anything.


62 posted on 05/08/2014 11:38:51 AM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: ansel12; pfflier

That’s weird.

I understood what he said/ wrote.


63 posted on 05/08/2014 11:48:02 AM PDT by LucyT (Where is the $2,500 in health insurance savings 0bama & the Dems Promised Everyone?)
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To: GOPJ

Thanks.

Wonder if it is photoshopped.


64 posted on 05/08/2014 11:49:47 AM PDT by LucyT (Where is the $2,500 in health insurance savings 0bama & the Dems Promised Everyone?)
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To: GOPJ

We loose power every now and then where I live, but this was the first time I’ve seen a warning from my computer of a power surge right before the power line breakers blew.


65 posted on 05/08/2014 11:51:24 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: LucyT; pfflier

What has he been saying on this thread?


66 posted on 05/08/2014 11:52:45 AM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: wolf24

A friend of mine lives around Willis near Conroe and he said there was a lot of “heat” lightening where he was but no problems with the power.

Lightening that far away wouldn’t affect me I wouldn’t think, and lightening would be a sharp spike in power anyway.

On the 30th, when the power went out, I would have thought it was just another power outage like we get sometimes but my computer showed a surge in power.


67 posted on 05/08/2014 12:00:46 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: Psalm 144

Like the Malaysian Plan that disappeared...here is another theory on that one:

http://endzog.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/missing-malaysian-flight-370-landed-at-secret-u-s-military-base-diego-garcia-report/

Wonder what they plan to use it for, another distraction...nuke deploy or some EMP attack.


68 posted on 05/08/2014 12:01:12 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: GOPJ

RQ-170?


69 posted on 05/08/2014 12:02:13 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE ("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
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To: Kartographer
I have it on good authority from several FReepers that there is NO such thing as EMP it just something that was made up to scare us.

It is a fact of life for the military, from both views, from having weapons that cause them, to requiring equipment be protected from them.

70 posted on 05/08/2014 12:05:59 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
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To: bigbob
If it was an EMP attack, the effect would have been more widespread. This is just speculation.

Not necessarily. A Boeing CHAMP can target something as limited as a single building. They have YouTube videos demonstrating the capability.

71 posted on 05/08/2014 2:58:24 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: IMR 4350
There have been at least 2 power surges here within the last couple of weeks also.

That's why they sell surge protectors for all your electronics such as computers and TV's.........

They're more common than you think and they vary in their intensity...........

72 posted on 05/08/2014 3:03:39 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Under Reagan spring always arrived on time.....)
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To: dmz
All of the hardware would have had to be replaced if EMPs actually do what they are purported to do.

Not necessarily. Lots of stuff will survive. In many cases just a power reset/reboot will revive a system. If there is real harm inflicted with enough power from the EMP, you may have fried components.

73 posted on 05/08/2014 3:03:40 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: mabarker1
wonder how hard it would be to make from fishing line and powdered graphite?
74 posted on 05/08/2014 3:04:35 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: aegiscg47

Any chance jammers were turned on full because Russian planes were close at hand?


75 posted on 05/08/2014 3:46:50 PM PDT by GOPJ ( Are we finally going to get a smidgen of truth? - - Freeper Veto!)
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To: MaxMax
Special Shipping Information: This product may not be available for 1 or 2 day shipping due to federal regulations that require it to ship via ground ship methods only. This product can only be shipped within the 48 contiguous states.

The above warning popped up when I looked at Pure Sinewave UPS Systems ... any idea why? Are they a fire hazard?

76 posted on 05/08/2014 4:06:50 PM PDT by GOPJ ( Are we finally going to get a smidgen of truth? - - Freeper Veto!)
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To: IMR 4350
We loose power every now and then where I live, but this was the first time I’ve seen a warning from my computer of a power surge right before the power line breakers blew.

Interesting... thanks for sharing.

77 posted on 05/08/2014 4:08:16 PM PDT by GOPJ ( Are we finally going to get a smidgen of truth? - - Freeper Veto!)
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To: LucyT
Probably... or a faked reflection.
78 posted on 05/08/2014 4:10:09 PM PDT by GOPJ ( Are we finally going to get a smidgen of truth? - - Freeper Veto!)
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To: Resolute Conservative

If they truly false flag an EMP attack, when the economy crashes and the tax dollars dry up, they won’t be able to maintain it for even 6 months.

The big cities will burn, all the troops will be sent there, and the rural states will be on their own. At that point the governors will have to take over, and, what will DC do then?


79 posted on 05/08/2014 4:30:41 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! You can vote Democrat when you're dead...)
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To: Hot Tabasco

“That’s why they sell surge protectors for all your electronics such as computers and TV’s.........’

Got a surge protector. Still screwed it up.


80 posted on 05/08/2014 4:55:23 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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