Congress warned North Korean EMP attack would kill '90% of all Americans'

The Washington Examiner ^ | Oct 12, 2017 | Paul Bedard

[bitt]

Congress was warned Thursday that North Korea is capable of attacking the U.S. today with a nuclear EMP bomb that could indefinitely shut down the electric power grid and kill 90 percent of "all Americans" within a year.

At a House hearing, experts said that North Korea could easily employ the "doomsday scenario" to turn parts of the U.S. to ashes.

In calling on the Pentagon and President Trump to move quickly to protect the grid, the experts testified that an explosion of a high-altitude nuclear bomb delivered by a missile or satellite "could be to shut down the U.S. electric power grid for an indefinite period, leading to the death within a year of up to 90 percent of all Americans."

[butlerweave]

Someone get a shovel ,before this pile gets way too high

[bgill]

Don't forget the Orange Crush.

[tumblindice]

Spock, we're doomed.

[Sasparilla]

..., I think they’d just kill each other even in the unaffected areas if just 1/4 of the country was affected...

We saw a fistfight at a gas line in a town of 1,200 people during a gas “shortage” on Y2K day. No place is immune.

[CatOwner]

Much cheaper to shoot down the missiles though.

Much easier to off the nut case threatening several countries.

[sleepwalker]

Some folks need to read ‘30 seconds after’.

It is a good novel about life after an EMP attack.

Highly recommended.

[outofsalt]

Texas has 10% of the population of the US?

[servantboy777]

Experts? What experts? Who are they?

I balked the instant I read “kill 90%” of Americans within a year. I see this as a scare tactic at best.

I could believe 90% of inner city rats perhaps. lol

[Menehune56]

Interestingly, the Georgia Guidestones specify an optimum world population of 500 million which just happens to work out to a 93% decrease from the 7.6 billion level as of Oct 2017.

[LegendHasIt]

And I bet they said it like that would be a bad thing.

I call it improving the gene pool.

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[ImaGraftedBranch]

People are trading on old information. We have multiple transformer factories in the USA. Sheesh. I work less than 10 miles from the biggest one, in Alabama.

[servantboy777]

>>A North Korean Satellite, lol!<<

I wouldn't laugh too loud. NK has two satellites currently orbiting around the earth with paths that take them over the U.S.. What if they placed a warhead on one of these?

Not saying it's fact, juss sayin...what if?

[central_va]

An EMP attack is designed to knock out electronics. Electrical equipment will be fine. If you don’t know the difference between electrical and electronic start googling.

[RedMonqey]

Golly Gee. It’s to bad we can’t EMP them first.

From the satellite photos I've seen posted here their government already did it.

In other words there's nothing to EMP.

[Old Yeller]

A lot of Americans will be killing each other during that time.

[central_va]

If you knock down the grid and mass communication for a year, over nearly all of the U.S., then 90% casualties are likely.

Ridiculous. You can't possible believe that?

[piroque]

I’m sorry to say but you’re probability right

[central_va]

Americans have lived without running water and electricity. They were called your great great grandparents.

[Windflier]

We have multiple transformer factories in the USA. Sheesh. I work less than 10 miles from the biggest one, in Alabama.

Well, is the information true or not?

Does it take eighteen months on average to build a large transformer, or was that allegation incorrect?

[Constitutional Patriot]

I read that these are also manufactured in Germany.