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EMP Nuclear Attack Fears Have US Reopen Cheyenne Mountain
Arutz Sheva ^ | 4/11/2015, 9:03 PM | Mark Langfan

Posted on 04/11/2015 12:43:19 PM PDT by Dave346

Days after Iran deal, Pentagon acts fearing nuclear missile attack that would burn out America’s electronic-based defenses.

The Pentagon has decided to reopen the Cheyenne Mountain Air Defense facility, which housed the heart of America’s air and missile defense of North America. The facility had been mothballed in a “cost-saving” move in 2006.

Last week, Admiral William Gortney, head of US NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) and US Northern Command, reversed that decision and announced the Pentagon was spending an opening ante of $700 million to oversee reactivation of the Cheyenne mountain-embedded facility.

The reason - the Pentagon's fears of a nuclear Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) attack by a missile that would burn out America’s overly-dependent defense, which is based on modern electronics.

US NORAD and US Northern Command aren’t just acronyms. They represent the last-ditch American defense of the continental United States homeland. NORAD originally stood for North America Air Defense Command, but now stands for North American Aerospace Command. US Northern Command is the area-specific designation of the US military command that is responsible for the continental United States homeland.

Given the current US military fear of an inter-continental ballistic (ICBM) missile attack with an EMP nuclear-device, Admiral Gortney explained that "because of the very nature of the way that Cheyenne Mountain's built, it's EMP-hardened. And so, there's a lot of movement [in the Pentagon] to put [military] capability into Cheyenne Mountain and to be able to communicate in there."

In early 2013, this author warned against a similar Iranian “Fatwa-compliant” EMP attack against Saudi Arabia, and a North Korea EMP attack against South Korea.

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bomb; cheyenne; emp; empthreat; norad; nuclear; terror; war
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1 posted on 04/11/2015 12:43:19 PM PDT by Dave346
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To: Dave346

Open the Iris! Look out for Goa’uld!


2 posted on 04/11/2015 12:52:31 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Dave346
facility had been mothballed in a “cost-saving” move in 2006.

Who was president then? Does America need another round of that?

3 posted on 04/11/2015 12:53:23 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Dave346
I have my essential electronic containing equipment in a faraday cage.
4 posted on 04/11/2015 12:55:00 PM PDT by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: Dave346

it disgusts me that the Cheyanne facilities were shut down to begin with.


5 posted on 04/11/2015 1:02:17 PM PDT by PCPOET7 (BUT MAK)
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To: PCPOET7

But, were they really?


6 posted on 04/11/2015 1:07:38 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: blam
I have my essential electronic containing equipment in a faraday cage.

But what good is your electronic equipment when everyone else's is fried?

7 posted on 04/11/2015 1:14:30 PM PDT by JohnG45
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To: Dave346

Why did we ever close it? Stupid “peace dividend”!


8 posted on 04/11/2015 1:17:52 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: SandRat

>>But, were they really?

Probably. The Stargate is really at Area 51.


9 posted on 04/11/2015 1:19:05 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: SandRat; PCPOET7

It was never really closed. They moved the command center over to Peterson AFB, but people still worked in the mountain


10 posted on 04/11/2015 1:26:05 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Dave346

Never should have been closed in the first place. Duh!


11 posted on 04/11/2015 1:28:09 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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12 posted on 04/11/2015 1:37:21 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: blam

“I have my essential electronic containing equipment in a faraday cage.”
I built my solar panel array under ground to protect it.


13 posted on 04/11/2015 1:41:04 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Conan the Librarian

Hahahahah! I was thinking the SAME THING!


14 posted on 04/11/2015 2:15:07 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Indeed.


15 posted on 04/11/2015 2:15:47 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Dave346

No such thing as EMP or if there is it is of no consequence. FReeper experts will be along shortly to those of you who buy into EMP.


16 posted on 04/11/2015 2:17:31 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer
No such thing as EMP or if there is it is of no consequence.

Well, that depends where it set off and how big of a blast...

1,000 ft over NYC would have some consequences...

I would agree EMP danger is way overblown

17 posted on 04/11/2015 2:26:10 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Dave346

From the article: “It has been noted that the deal does not at all address Iran’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program, which as noted is necessary in conducting an EMP attack.”

BO has already taken care of that issue by eliminating W’s east European missile defense system which was intended to protect the US from rouge middle east nation nuclear threats. Would this be in place, working or not, it would be a clear deterrent to rouge nation intercontinental ballistic missile programs.


18 posted on 04/11/2015 2:30:05 PM PDT by Western Phil
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To: JohnG45; blam
Bill and I can talk, mine is all vacuum tube based.
19 posted on 04/11/2015 2:52:38 PM PDT by ASA Vet (We weren't here, We were never there, We don't exist, we never did.)
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To: ASA Vet

I converted my Hummer to vacuum tube ignition and fuel injection.


20 posted on 04/11/2015 2:55:36 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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