Posted on 09/09/2009 8:34:08 AM PDT by Fennie
The federal government is doing "nothing" to protect against an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack that could wipe out American civilization, Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, a leading expert on the subject, tells Newsmax.
For only $200 million to $400 million, the government could protect a key element of the power grid to keep electrical power from being wiped out for years, according to Dr. Pry, a former staff member of the congressional Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack.
Yet neither Republicans nor Democrats have been willing to spend that small sum, says Pry, who is president EMPACT America, which is meeting in Niagara Falls, N.Y. this week to spotlight the scandal.
A single nuclear bomb exploded over the Midwest would generate an electromagnetic pulse that would destroy the chips that are the heart of every electronic device. While military and intelligence networks may be shielded against EMP, most of the rest of the country's technological infrastructure is not.
An EMP attack would wipe out personal computers and the internet. Cars would not start, gasoline pumps would not work, and airplanes could not take off.
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I vote for global mutually assured destruction. No matter who the perpetrator might be.
If we go down — then we’ll make sure that EVERYBODY goes down — all over the planet.
Yep, buy an older car without a computer.
Oh gezz... Not this crap again.
Lock and load.
As usual, we’re all gonna die.
And your minority perspective is based on
. . . what . . .
exactly?
Excellent fictional book on the topic: http://www.onesecondafter.com/
Frightening read, but it will certainly keep your attention.
Maybe Obama should call Tom Beaden and ask him to come out of retirement to set up the woodpecker grid properly so we are safe, and the Soviets can’t shoot down anymore space shuttles with their emp ray guns.
Who cares about EMP? When we have the ENEMY WITHIN KILLING OUR CONSTITUTION, CULTURE AND FREEDOM. Slavery to the state is worse than any fate from some improbable EMP pulse.
What is the source of your
“highly unlikely”
conviction?
Lots of experts I read seem to disagree.
Unfortunately the government is the only entity that is hardened against such an attack.
Jericho anyone?
Great minds...
Not you.
YOu’ll just burrow deeper into . . .
. . . . the numbers.
Please note that old, defunct microwaves act as (because they are) Faraday cages. I surf Craigslist looking for them, and advise all FReepers to do so also, except those in the Houton area, because I’m greedy like that.
You have far more faith in the competency of government than I.
There is THAT alright!
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