Posted on 03/04/2022 6:39:21 AM PST by Heartlander
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to strike Ukraine. He also made a public statement that included a dangerous warning:
Whoever tries to interfere with us, and even more so, to create threats for our country, for our people, should know that Russia’s response will be immediate and will lead you to such consequences that you have never experienced in your history. We are ready for any development of events. All necessary decisions in this regard have been made.David Brennan , Tom O’Connor and Naveed Jamali, “NATO States May Give Sanctuary to Fleeing Ukraine Forces as Russia Advances” at Newsweek (February 25, 2022)
This warning has been widely viewed as a threat to employ nuclear weapons in response to interference with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But what kind of nukes did Putin have in mind? Tactical nukes could destroy European cities. ICBMs launched against the US would kill millions, and the US would retaliate in kind.
While these nukes are highly destructive bombs that leave behind dangerous levels of radioactivity, Russia, China, North Korea, and the US have developed nukes that are not designed to cause physical damage. Instead, these bombs are designed to be detonated high in the sky, where the generate a powerful electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that can disable power plants and electronic devices across many hundreds of miles.
The US military has studied the effects of EMP for many years. When I was working on top secret laser projects at the Air Force Weapons Lab from 1970 to 1972, the lab next door was heavily involved in research on how to better understand and prevent EMP damage to Air Force aircraft. They took their work very seriously, especially when they tested the EMP vulnerability of combat aircraft.
Because the world situation has become much more dangerous in recent years, especially following the disastrous departure from Afghanistan, I’ve become more interested in what might occur in the US if we were to be struck by one or more EMP nukes.
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I was especially concerned about Seguin, Texas, the nearby city from which we purchase electricity and water. I sent an open records request to the city, asking for their contingency plans should there be a major and potentially long-lasting disruption in electrical power caused by an EMP from an enemy attack or solar event:
The city’s response was a blank page. So, I wrote City Attorney Andy Quittner. He explained that there were no records in response to any of my requests. He also wrote that the city has a few back-up generators. I replied that generators must be shielded from EMP or they may be damaged.
I suspect many other cities across the country also lack contingency plans for an EMP attack. In view of Putin’s threats and those by other Russian officials, all cities should immediately begin protecting essential infrastructure that could be disabled or destroyed by an EMP high over the US.
The Department of Homeland Security and various other Federal departments have issued detailed guidelines for how cities, companies and individuals can take steps to minimize EMP damage to their computers, traffic signals, emergency vehicles, and so forth.
Seguin, by way of example, has done nothing in this regard. Should the city be impacted by a high-altitude EMP blast or a relatively close ground one, residents might soon themselves without water, sewage, electricity, fuel, and groceries. One government prediction is that 90% of the US population would be dead one year after a major EMP event.
EMP preparation has become far more important than anything else on the agendas of US cities. Unprepared cities should quickly appoint an EMP committee to carefully review options and make recommendations for how to best protect their residents should an EMP attack occur. At minimum, residential water supply must be protected by EMP-shielded generators. Emergency vehicles must be protected by means of high-speed surge protectors across their batteries and electronics. In view of Putin’s threat, the possibility of an EMP attack must be taken very seriously.
“You’re giving me the ‘it’s not you, it’s your electronics routine? I invented ‘it’s not you, it’s your electronics.’ Nobody tells me it’s them not me; if it’s anybody, it’s me.”
— George Costanza
Honestly, an EMP would be a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it would be disastrous for civilization. On the other hand, the root cause of the social collapse we’re experiencing can be pinned on the dumpster fire that is social media and much of the Internet, and we could see what civilization might have been like without the likes of Zuck and others.
I think, if that happens, you’ll be more interested in how to not freeze or starve to death. Not to mention that the social unrest would make Antifa 2020 look like old ladies at a garden party.
Oh NOESS!!! Not my Pokemon Go. Not my dear Mario Kart!! Life just wouldn’t be worth living. My myriad of computer games would just sit there leering at me. I don’t want to live in a world like that. Why me????
If we had an actual President instead of a post turtle, he would gently inform Mr. Putin through back channels that an EMP attack using a nuclear warhead on the US or its allies is still a nuclear attack and will be treated as such.
Everyone thinks of EMP on a massive scale, but what about a tactical EMP weapon that could kill electronics in, say, a quarter-mile radius. Pretty handy way to make your enemies command and control facility as useful as a bus station.
I keep thinking about the plot behind the TV series "Jericho" and the book "One Second After".
We have some real evil people in this world. Truly evil. And no, they don't all live in Russia or China.
Prepare for yourself fir an emergency. Every county in the US is required to have a emergency plan; including a pandemic. Look at how well that was implemented.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233041/posts
Old information related to terrorist EMP attacks. These attacks do not have to be nuclear. Russia is known for having advanced electronic warfare.
(It’s a bit odd, they have a big military industry, agriculture, oil, gas, petrochemical and mining but what else do they make for export? Can you think of anything?)
“We have some real evil people in this world. Truly evil. And no, they don’t all live in Russia or China.”
I believe God restrains the evil one, which would include men and women under his control. They can’t just do whatever they want, they run into His roadblocks. Also, God has divine destruction prepared for the earth and will not be needing our help when the time comes.
Aren’t our electronics an integral part of us?
Ralph Waldo Emerson said that we are only half ourselves. The other half is our expression.
EMP effects are real but that “one second after” crap as written to support some lobbyists and line certain pockets.
Ammunition still works. Just sayin’
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