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Super-EMP Missile Launch Window Approaches: ...
SHTFPlan.com ^ | 4 Feb 2016 | Jeremiah Johnson

Posted on 02/04/2016 1:49:29 PM PST by amorphous

As of this writing, North Korea intends to launch another Unha-3 rocket, or a larger and more efficient version in a launch window falling between 8 – 25 February. This launch follows on the heels of a nuclear test conducted by North Korea on January 6, 2016, and the claim by Kim Jung-Un that the bomb was a hydrogen bomb. The MSM pundits and their positivist quacking "experts" all state the bomb was not a hydrogen bomb; however, experts such as Peter V. Pry disagree.

What was discussed by Dr. Pry was the intentionally low-yield weapon test that would have been optimal for a miniaturized EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) device, that range being 5-10 kilotons. I have cited Dr. Pry's work in previous articles and am thoroughly convinced of both his professionalism and his expertise. While the North Koreans claim this launch to be for the purpose of emplacing an earth observation satellite, there are differences in the rocket that satellite images have picked up. The images revealed a gantry that differs in size and design from previous Unha-3 launches. The latest attribution is that the rocket may be a Unha-9, the newest North Korean design that may include an 80-ton rocket booster.

The booster has been accomplished with the help of the Iranians. The U.S. Treasury department announced sanctions after proving that Iranians had been traveling to Pyongyang and indeed worked on such a project. In addition, this new launch has concealment procedures not used before by North Korea, such as a mobile sub-surface rail system to transport the missile directly to the gantry unobserved. The launch pad itself is shielded from view

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KEYWORDS: emp; northkorea; nuke; preppers; survival; survivalists; ww3
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To: amorphous

Can NK actually launch something HIGHER than the ISS? Then they can’t hit that zone. Then of course there’s the fact that at those kind of ranges, plus having to cut through so much of the ionosphere, EMP will lose most of its effectiveness. The EMP threat is grossly overblown, at best it’s an additional damage circle for low altitude explosions, the super bomb 300 miles up is impractical and will functionally render said bomb useless.


21 posted on 02/04/2016 2:23:05 PM PST by discostu (This is a different kind of flying... all together.)
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To: metmom; amorphous; TMSuchman

PING! TMSuchman


22 posted on 02/04/2016 2:23:13 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: amorphous

“The booster has been accomplished with the help of the Iranians. “

It’s the other way around. The North Koreans helped the Iranians with their boosters. It’s true they are cooperating on boosters and nukes.


23 posted on 02/04/2016 2:25:02 PM PST by RFEngineer
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To: Blueflag

Electronics fried as in all LED bulbs.


24 posted on 02/04/2016 2:25:38 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: Cboldt

onion


25 posted on 02/04/2016 2:26:11 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: amorphous

Well I’d be all scared except when the Norks blow off a rocket they have no earthly clue where it will land. Their delivery system is on a par with Jarts.


26 posted on 02/04/2016 2:27:57 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: dinodino

“Bunch of fearmongering nonsense.”

I guess you have not studied the design and use of these weapons. This threat is VERY real. The pity is, it would only cost $6-12 billion to HARDEN our infrastructure so as to make it impossible for the NORKS to attack. But Obama WON’T do it.


27 posted on 02/04/2016 2:28:07 PM PST by 2harddrive
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To: amorphous; Travis McGee

Matt has said that when the SHTF we won’t be just dropping back to the 1700’s (or whatever years he said)


28 posted on 02/04/2016 2:31:47 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: discostu
Can NK actually launch something HIGHER than the ISS?

Don't know, but the Russians and Chinese certainly can, along with many others. And it's only a matter of time before NK can - IF they can't now.

I don't think there's any excuse for not hardening our power grid, if not most of our other infrastructures such as anything, or any vulnerable system, key to the well being of the nation.

29 posted on 02/04/2016 2:34:30 PM PST by amorphous
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To: discostu

Problem is, people with the sophistication to launch such an EMP know how to optimize the damage to the US other than that which has been presented.


30 posted on 02/04/2016 2:37:19 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: amorphous

For those of you freaked out by the threat of an EMP should do some independent research. The amount of good information out there is amazing. After reading a lot of it, you will sleep well at night. While it could be bad in areas, it is not even close to the end of the world.


31 posted on 02/04/2016 2:38:05 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Cold Heart

They know that to maximize the damage you absolutely positively do NOT waste a perfectly fine sizable nuke 300 miles above the planet. The EMP “threat” is a lie. Period. Pure and simple. Foisted on us every 6 months by fear mongers.


32 posted on 02/04/2016 2:38:48 PM PST by discostu (This is a different kind of flying... all together.)
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To: discostu

“The EMP threat is grossly overblown, at best it’s an additional damage circle for low altitude explosions, the super bomb 300 miles up is impractical and will functionally render said bomb useless.”

No blast damage from a 300 mile altitude detonation.....

EMP is real, but how intense and how damaging is not known....


33 posted on 02/04/2016 2:39:21 PM PST by RFEngineer
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To: Blueflag

Any PV solar panel in line of sight of an EMP detonation will be totally fried.


34 posted on 02/04/2016 2:44:02 PM PST by theBuckwheat
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To: 2harddrive

“it would only cost $6-12 billion to HARDEN our infrastructure”

Gross under estimation. It’s Pry’s number, but it’s wrong.


35 posted on 02/04/2016 2:44:05 PM PST by RFEngineer
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To: RFEngineer

We’ve got some pretty good ability to estimate. We know how electronic waves fade over distance, we know how the atmosphere chews them up, and we know about the EMP strength of various sized bombs. We know enough to have never dedicated a serious chunk of our arsenal to be used that way, given that there was a time when we were seriously looking for ways to kill the people and leave the buildings if EMP was that cool we’d have put it in our plans.


36 posted on 02/04/2016 2:46:31 PM PST by discostu (This is a different kind of flying... all together.)
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To: discostu

“The EMP “threat” is a lie. Period. Pure and simple.”

No it isn’t a lie. It’s proven physics. What is unknown is to what extent it will impact modern infrastructure and electronics. There will be some significant impact, how bad, and how difficult to recover from is simply not known.


37 posted on 02/04/2016 2:47:39 PM PST by RFEngineer
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To: BenLurkin

Levels of fear mongering bullshit.


38 posted on 02/04/2016 2:48:25 PM PST by EEGator
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To: 2harddrive

Even despite all of the nuclear tests conducted within CONUS, we never saw any significant EMP effects. I believe that all of this is nothing more than Alex Jones-style hysteria.

We have many threats, but North Korea taking out our power grid with a magic weapon is not one of them.


39 posted on 02/04/2016 2:49:02 PM PST by dinodino
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To: Cold Heart; Travis McGee
Having read much of his work, I'd say Matt has good working knowledge of where such an event might leave us on the technological scale, should such an event occur.

I don't even want to think about what things would be like here in America, even after only a few days, without just in time delivery of the vital goods/services we ALL depend upon in our everyday lives.

Another good read, as well as Matt's work, is One Second After by William R. Forstchen.

40 posted on 02/04/2016 2:49:57 PM PST by amorphous
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