[bboop]

I heard Frank Gaffney discussing this on Talk Radio earlier this week. What I want to know is, why is it suddenly front and center? Seems like it would have to be a highly scientific development that most of the 3rd world is not capable of achieving.

Seems like scare tactics to me. Anyone?

[IbJensen]

This is merely giving our multitudinous enemies some clever ideas.

[buccaneer81]

a highly scientific development that most of the 3rd world is not capable of achieving.

Iran has placed satellites in orbit.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Iran is developing nuclear bombs and IRBM's to carry them. They are also building a missle base in northern Venezuela. What possible target do you think they could have in mind? Mexico? Cuba?

They don't have enough firepower to take the US on militarily. They will have enough to detonate a nuclear device high over the CONUS. I guess when it happens we will find out whose theories about EMP are correct.

[GOPJ]

People are concerned because North Korea and Iran either have this technology - or are close to having it. Both countries are nutty and evil enough to use it against us... we would never recover from an EMP attack - 90% of us would be dead within a year.

This is real and needs to be dealt with soon.

[meatloaf]

Anyone with a missile carrying a nuke that could be detonated over the continental US could do it. Check out Russia’s missile in a container.

[satan]

Because Gaffney and crew want some govenment contracts. They can’t be proven right or wrong. Given the current bunch of incompetents in office they might give them $500 million or so.

This EMP scare started 30 years ago and went away. It’s starting again, but not all of us have forgotten the first iteration.