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U.S. essentially defenseless from stunning new weapon
WND.com ^ | Sept 9, 2011 | Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin

Posted on 09/16/2011 1:13:22 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2

As the nation remembers the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, experts are warning that the U.S. effectively is defenseless against an electro-magnetic pulse attack or a far less expensive radio frequency attack on the nation's critical military and civilian electric and electronic infrastructure, according to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

Two experts – one a communications systems engineer involved in classified programs who works on EMP vulnerabilities and the other a U.S. Defense Department analyst knowledgeable of their impact – said that the nation's sensitive telecommunications and the electronic systems embedded in its financial and banking institutions can be "fried" by a "turn of the switch."

The result could be a chaos that could allow terrorists to attack virtually at will.

They both pointed out that relatively cheap over-the-counter technology embedded not only in sensitive U.S. military equipment but also civilian electronic systems has not been protected from such attacks, a development that could create complete panic throughout the U.S. if they were subject either to an EMP or RF attack.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alarmist; dimbulb; emp; false; ntsa; nutburger
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1 posted on 09/16/2011 1:13:26 PM PDT by Iam1ru1-2
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To: Iam1ru1-2
U.S. essentially defenseless from stunning new weapon
EMP's may be stunning, but they're NOT new.
2 posted on 09/16/2011 1:16:06 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

I know, right? Wasn’t Newt talking about this years ago?


3 posted on 09/16/2011 1:17:48 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (when liberals rant, it's called free speech; when conservatives vent, it's called hate speech.)
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Fight fire with fire...

... release the BEEBER!

4 posted on 09/16/2011 1:19:23 PM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: Iam1ru1-2

without the electronics deeply embedded in systems to provide food, goods, products, fuel and finances, the parts of the nation hit effectively could be returned to an agricultural age, with citizens depending on local production for food and fuel for heat and transportation.

Great. America becomes Afghanistan overnight.


5 posted on 09/16/2011 1:19:49 PM PDT by ZULU (ANYBODY but Obama)
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To: Iam1ru1-2

An EMP attack would be suicidal to whomever launched it. I would nuke the living sh*t out of the country that initiated it.


6 posted on 09/16/2011 1:20:11 PM PDT by 98ZJ USMC
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To: Winstons Julia

pat robertson’s had this on 700 club off and on.


7 posted on 09/16/2011 1:20:27 PM PDT by ken21 (ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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To: evets

What’s that thing?


8 posted on 09/16/2011 1:20:39 PM PDT by al baby (Is that old windbag still on the air ?)
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To: neverdem; narses; SmithL; SunkenCiv; Nachum; Responsibility2nd

U.S. essentially defenseless from stunning new weapon: socialist voters trained by socialist teachers and indoctrinated by socialist ABCNNBCBS.

U.S. essentially defenseless from stunning old weapon: Liberal voters trained by liberal teachers and indoctrinated by liberal news media.


9 posted on 09/16/2011 1:22:10 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Iam1ru1-2

I thought there was a relatively cheap $1.78 fix to protect the electrical grid from emps, but nobody was interested. The gizmo that cost $1.78 went on transformers, IIRC..
I know somebody else here will remember it.


10 posted on 09/16/2011 1:22:29 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Freepers, please turn yourself in at attackwatch.com)
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To: 98ZJ USMC

You would, but the current pResident wouldn’t.
He has to authorize any nuclear attack, and he wouldn’t.


11 posted on 09/16/2011 1:22:29 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Iam1ru1-2

Ping


12 posted on 09/16/2011 1:22:49 PM PDT by carjic (I've always been taught to respect my elders.... but it's getting harder to find any!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Our SSBN fleet will flatten anyone who dares to fire a missile and detonate a nuke over the USA. This threat is mostly a joke to our forces.


13 posted on 09/16/2011 1:23:36 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: Iam1ru1-2

Where’s the “Not this Shit again” guy? This gets reposted at a minimum of monthly.


14 posted on 09/16/2011 1:23:36 PM PDT by Ingtar (Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
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To: Iam1ru1-2
The military procurement specs dropped EMP, RFI, and EMI protection from it's process of buying stuff. A 480volt motor for a deck elevator on an aircraft carrier costs about $14,000 with protection, but about $600 without.

This was done during the end of the Clinton era.

15 posted on 09/16/2011 1:23:59 PM PDT by blackdog (The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
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To: al baby

You’ve been around here since 98 and you haven’t seen a beeber set on “stune” yet? That’s series.


16 posted on 09/16/2011 1:24:32 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: evets

Heck, Obama is probably trying to get kim jong il on the phone to beg him to test North Korea’s emp on the US, just so the mocked one can take down #attackwatch on twitter.


17 posted on 09/16/2011 1:25:49 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Freepers, please turn yourself in at attackwatch.com)
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To: al_c

Let me know how this turns out, I’ll be in the shower.


18 posted on 09/16/2011 1:26:48 PM PDT by Ingtar (Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
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To: Iam1ru1-2

19 posted on 09/16/2011 1:26:48 PM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: al baby
Lol A Buddy of mine was down in T.J. this weekend...
20 posted on 09/16/2011 1:26:52 PM PDT by evets (beer)
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