Bunch of fearmongering nonsense.
EMP threat threads always get ugly on FR, but ...
Metal trash cans and Charles chips cans, (and similar) but NOT microwave ovens will shield electronics if those electronics are wrapped in an insulating material inside those metal containers.
Your late model car, particularly your hybrid, might still function, since they have significantly upgraded shielding to reduce the induction they might CAUSE.
The gas pumps won’t though.
Most any unshielded transistor/integrated circuit will die fried.
From there, the SHTF.
I will run for cover now.
As long as we have a president that will put the lights out every where else, bring it on.
What do the various colors indicate on the map?
I’d ping whoever took over the prepper ping list but can’t remember who it is.
Kart is the ONLY one I can think of.
If I can just interrupt the emp discussion for a moment, North Korea’s ability to launch ANY type of nuke at any part of the United States, or any of our allies, is of grave concern.
Best case scenario...NK gives the world a reason to nuke them to glass.
Strategic competitors of the US could achieve their goals, if they could find a surrogate (bat shit crazy enough) to deliver an EMP attack, and take the counter-strike, for them.
“Within a year of that attack, nine out of 10 Americans would be dead, because we can’t support a population of the present size in urban centers and the like without electricity,” said Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
Finally a thread where I can take refuge from certain segments of FR losing their frickin minds over the nonsense of “candidate X is a big ol meant pants!”
I’m so disgusted by large segments of my countrymen that I’m almost (!!!) ready to WISH for the damned EMP!
Excerpt:
“However, the effects produced by a nuclear explosion were not fully realized until the “Johnston Island Test” in 1962. This nuclear blast had a yield of 1.4 megatons at an altitude of 250 miles. The explosion damaged a number of low earth orbit satellites and caused malfunctions and early failure of others. Another effect that was noted during the blast was a blackout up to 600 miles away of high frequency radio communications that lasted for hours. It was caused by disruption of the ionosphere. It also popped circuit breakers, street lights went out, burglar alarms rang, and power lines went down in Honolulu, about 800 miles away. In Nov. 1962, all above ground testing was halted and our testing and analysis was limited to underground testing, analysis of the existing atmospheric test data, nonnuclear simulation, and theoretical calculations.”
10 Iranian Missile Engineers Visited N. Korea:Sankei reports(check on NK’s Chinese equipments)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1658850/posts
(07/01/06)
S. Korea, U.S. verifying reports on test of new N.K. missile in Iran: source
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834307/posts
(4,000 kilometer range—will reach the Vatican—May 16th, 2007)
US confirms Iran launch of first home-built satellite
afp ^ | 2-03-09 | staff
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2177582/posts
Iran Satellite Launch Heightens Missile Development Concerns
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2009
http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52939
Iran hails successful launch of satellite rocket
Posted on Wed 03 Feb 2010 02:51:50 AM MST
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2443266/posts
Iran Placing Medium-Range Missiles in Venezuela; Can Reach the U.S. (12/09/10)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2640111/posts
‘Die Welt’: Iran building rocket bases in Venezuela (17 May 2011)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2721122/posts
I am so screwed.
This map is crazy.
If I’m going to do the most damage I’m not going to hit the central US with an EMP, I’m going to have the center - most damage be on the east coast. In the middle of KS, where I currently am, we have a small population, we have food - it’s farm country, we have cattle, we have gardens, we have canned goods in cellars. If I want to do damage, I’m going to hit where the population is most dense and where the businesses are centered.
Frank Gaffney, @SecureFreedom , @frankgaffney , about threats to the electric grid.
https://soundcloud.com/jacki-daily/jacki-talks-with-frank-gaffney