Posted on 04/14/2017 2:37:46 PM PDT by ColdOne
Amid warnings that North Korea and Iran have plans to take out parts of the U.S. electric grid through a cyber attack or atmospheric nuclear blast, the Pentagon is taking steps to both protect the nation's communications and power lifeline.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has charged BAE Systems to map a system that can detect a cyber attack and gin up an alternative communications network for military and civilian use if the grid is fried, according to Defense Systems, the online newsletter.
Former CIA Director James Woolsey has been warning for years that the grid is extremely vulnerable, and recently the Pentagon and some states have taken the warning seriously. Woolsey and former EMP Commission chief of staff Peter Vincent Pry have pointed a finger at North Korea, which is now threatening the U.S.
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Since the EMP would try everything electrical, what kind of weapons would we yes to retaliate that don’t use electricity?
Not everything electrical would be fried by an EMP strike, but there is quite a bit of uncertainty.
In EMP testing that a colleague of mine was involved in, near Natick, only about half the cars that were running were killed by an EMP. Most of those that were shut off would run. Quite a few that ran had some problems, but were functional.
That was 15 years ago, so I do not know if modern cars are more or less vulnerable. They are clearly more digital.
I recall the facility was near Natick Research and Engineering Center in Maryland.
“Rather, it’s just that we’ve finally got an adult in charge who gives a damn.”
In my mind, there any of a number of reasons Obama may be outside of the U.S.
Fleeing prosecution? Imminent attack?
8 yrs late.
I read the sequel, it is not very good. Skip it. Day of Wrath is excellent though. It should be require reading by all Americans.
Is O still out of the country with wifey? Where are kiddo’s?
“Is O still out of the country with wifey?”
Yes he is, and in a country with no extradition agreement.
The prosecutions of the myriad felons in the Obama administration should be on TV all day long, like the OJ Simpson trial was!
The reason Hillary yelled at her staff after the Matt Lauer event, “If we lose this election we’ll all be hanging from nooses!” is that they deserve to be hanging from nooses.
On that, I agree 100% with Hillary!
looks good, I’ll get it.
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