Lawmaker: Iran's Revolutionary Guard Practicing for An EMP Attack on the United States

The Ottawa Citizen ^ | 12 hours ago | By David Pugliese

[Texas Fossil]

EMP attack by Iran = Glass Parking Lot paved in Tehran.

[beebuster2000]

you really think the US would actually use nukes on a city, even tehran, on a strike basis? i dont.

[apastron]

EMP attack by Iran = Glass Parking Lot paved in Tehran.

Baraq al Obaba wouldn't do it. He would probably just EMP 'em back -- which means nothing to 12th century savages...

[drewh]

I think we would use as many buster bunker nukes as possible to get rid of their tunnel systems.

[Bringbackthedraft]

you really think the US would actually use nukes on a city, even tehran, on a strike basis? i dont. ..................................... An EMP attack will generate a huge, mega letter of reprimand from our Leader. He’ll teach them.

[Stosh]

Interesting - the article is from an Ottawa paper - I’m sure they must realize that an EMP attack on the US would entail a pulse that doesn’t bother to stop at the 49th parallel.

[TwoSwords]

I think it has been proven, on this site, that an EMP attack isn’t really feasible. To be effecitive it has to be low, and being low makes it’s results limited. A strategic use, over the Pentagon, is another matter.

[EGPWS]

you really think the US would actually use nukes on a city, even tehran, on a strike basis? i dont.

Sanction them to death. /s

[drewh]

Isn’t this training (if true) an act of war?

[Texas Fossil]

I guess I should have been more precise. No I doubt Obozo would nuke anyone. He even wants to destroy our nuke capacity.

He probably would hit the facility where they make the components. He might even do a targeted hit on the leadership, but I doubt that, they are Muzzies like him.

Sadly, you are probably right.

Under another administration, a glass parking lot might be an option. Not in Tehran, there are too many good Persians who hate the Mullahs as bad as I do.

Obozo might do a “Wag the Dog” because of how bad his polling is right now.

[Texas Fossil]

Sea (sub) launched EMP strike on a coastal city is possible.

[GAB-1955]

EMP is not that successful a weapon. You’d have to detonate a fairly high power bomb hundreds of kilometers above the surface to cover the continent. If you have that powerful a bomb, you might as well drop it on New York or Washington. The Air Force and Navy know how to secure gear against EMP, and we’d have lots of warning.

[Durus]

An EMP at the correct altitude detroys most of the CONUS infrastructure, including electrical generation, electrical transmission, all modern vehicles, as well as burning out everything connected to the grid. The fires caused by that alone will cripple us. A lot of military hardware is EMP hardened but not all of it.

People that don't take EMPs seriously don't know enough about them.

[Texas Fossil]

And a non-nuke EMP weapon is something that is being contemplated. Not a know proven option, but possible.

[GAB-1955]

Training is never an act of war.

[jmacusa]

I do. In an all-out EMP we go from 2011 to 1863 in a heartbeat.

[Psalm 144]

“you really think the US would actually use nukes on a city, even tehran, on a strike basis? i dont.”

Nor do I. The United States Caliph in Chief has already ruled out even a retaliatory strike, thus inviting such an attack. In that event, he may go the way of Caligula though, who was murdered by his own Praetorian Guard. Not that it will help us much though, as we sit in the dark boiling rat bones for stock.

[Psalm 144]

No.

[drewh]

What other purposes would a small naval vessel firing an EMP blast at the US coastline have?