http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/emp/ en-us Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:45:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043830/posts WASHINGTON – A top scientist today warned the House Armed Services Committee America remains vulnerable to a "catastrophe" from a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack that could be launched with plausible deniability by hostile rogue nations or terrorists. William R. Graham, chairman of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack and the former national science adviser to President Reagan, testified before the committee while presenting a sobering new report on "one of a small number of threats that can hold our society at risk of catastrophic consequences." It is the first report from... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043830/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:45:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts Al-Qaeda Draws New Recruits Via Internet Al-Qaeda is using the Internet to recruit vulnerable young people to its terrorist network, according to a programme aired on Saudi Arabian TV late on Tuesday. Umm Osama, the founder of al-Qaeda's first women-only website, al-Khansa, joined several others on the programme to discuss how they renounced jihadist ideology. Among those who sought a response to this question was an imam from the Medina mosque, Saleh Ibn Awad al-Mudamsi, and the father of a young al-Qaeda suspect held in an Iraqi prison. Read More Qaeda Targets U.S. Oil Interests in North Africa U.S.... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042698/posts More than four years after a stunning report about America's vulnerability to a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack was released to Congress, the House Armed Services Committee will hear testimony from the scientist who issued the warning and who believes Iran is pursuing such an option. William R. Graham, President Reagan's top science adviser and the chairman of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack, will update the committee Thursday morning. Graham warned in 2005 that Iran was not only covertly developing nuclear weapons, but was already testing ballistic missiles specifically designed to... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042698/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:26:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039772/posts [Granted, this article is 4 years old, but it seems to cover the issue in pretty good detail. I post it as a follow-up to the 7/1/08 FrontPageMag article I put up yesterday. Since that one received so many varied responses (~60) and close to 1000 views, I thought it would be interesting to see what folks had to say about this one. Some people seemed to dismiss or greatly minimize the threat. Others said there was nothing new about it (~50 yrs old), suggesting many people today were already aware of the details (many people today can't find Iraq... Heritage.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039772/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:51:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039268/posts EMP is electromagnetic radiation from an explosion (especially a nuclear explosion). The worst of the pulse lasts for only a second but any unprotected electrical equipment - and anything connected to electrical cables, which act as giant lightning rods or antennas - are affected by it. If a nation with a nuclear bomb and the ability to explode it high above an American city were to do so, it would have a massive effect in all directions. Almost immediately all communications systems in the country would be disrupted completely. No radio. No television. No internet. Indeed no electricity at all.... Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039268/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 17:12:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039471/posts It now has been four years since Dr. William Graham, Science Advisor to President Ronald W. Reagan and Chairman of the General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament, and a distinguished panel completed a study of High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and its potential effects upon this country. The conclusions of this study are the most frightening I have seen concerning modern-day threats. Few have heard of it because the report has yet to be made public. The reason it has not been made public is simple: if EMP were understood by the American people, the next logical question... FrontPageMag.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039471/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:26:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758964/posts December 27, 2006: Iran continues to predict the imminent destruction of Israel, and promises to do what it can to help make that happen. Israel responds with dark threats of countermeasures that will prevent Iranian plans from working. Most people think that the most likely Israeli response is air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. But Israel has another weapon available, but one with serious side effects. Israel has a satellite launch capability that could put a nuclear weapon in low orbit (about 200 kilometers up). Once over Iran, the nuclear bomb could be detonated, and create an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse),... Strategy Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758964/posts#comment Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:40:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1736717/posts Amid growing concern in Moscow about the potential impact of a U.S. missile defense deployment in Europe, Russian strategists are retooling their country’s nuclear posture and warfighting strategy. "NATO is so close to the Russian borders nowadays that strategic bombers cannot hope to take off in case of a sudden attack (the order will take too long reaching them, and besides, they will have to be fuelled and outfitted first)," writes analyst Aleksei Vaschenko in the November 10th edition of Defense and Security. Likewise, although "[r]ailroad missile complexes posed a bona fide threat to the Americans," these systems have been... AFPC Missile Defense Briefing http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1736717/posts#comment Sat, 11 Nov 2006 04:25:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654124/posts Pyongyang Goes Ballistic Doing what works for the other evil ones. By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. At any moment, the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-Il — one of the most despotic and dangerous on the planet — will demonstrate that it has acquired the means to deliver nuclear weapons and other payloads over very long distances. It is likely that one of the intended targets for such weapons is the United States of America. At the very least, that is the message the launch of the so-called Taepodong 2 is intended to convey. Pyongyang wants to get our attention... http://article.nationalreview. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654124/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:17:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1653933/posts Karachi, 22 June (AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) - The next terror threat facing the United States is not a nuclear or gas attack but an electro-magnetic bomb or e-bomb - which would shut down telecommunications networks, disrupt power supplies, and destroy countless computers and electronic gadgets, yet still leave buildings, bridges and roads intact. This is according to Khalid Khawaja, a former Pakistani intelligence officer who once worked closely with Osama bin Laden. "The e-bomb shall be the new threat for the USA, not the nukes or gas attacks," said Khawaja in an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI).... ADNKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1653933/posts#comment Thu, 22 Jun 2006 21:41:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1620858/posts One national security expert calls it the mega-threat you haven't heard of. But America's enemies know all too well about the destructive potential of an electromagnetic pulse attack. In the hit film Ocean's Eleven, thieves used it to shut down the city of Las Vegas. In last summer's blockbuster, War of the Worlds, alien invaders used it to cripple the Earth's infrastructure. And the heroes of The Matrix used it to disable rampaging robots. It is an electromagnetic pulse bomb, also known as EMP. But EMP is not just another Hollywood special effect. A growing number of national security experts... CBN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1620858/posts#comment Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:15:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618854/posts Concerns are rising about the threat of an EMP (ElectroMagnetic Pulse) attack, aimed at destroying our electronic guts. What if our computers and other electronics didn’t work? What if electronic records of your bank account were immobilized? What would happen to our technology-dependent transportation, financial, and production systems? America’s vulnerability to EMP (ElectroMagnetic Pulse) attack looms large in the minds of many. Public attention was focused on the topic by the release in 2005 of a government-sponsored study by the congressional Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack. The results were further publicized by... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618854/posts#comment Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:30:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1615624/posts Iran is not only covertly developing nuclear weapons, it is already testing ballistic missiles specifically designed to destroy America's technical infrastructure, effectively neutralizing the world's lone superpower, say U.S. intelligence sources, top scientists and western missile industry experts. The radical Shiite regime has conducted successful tests to determine if its Shahab-3 ballistic missiles, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, can be detonated by a remote-control device while still in high-altitude flight. Scientists, including President Reagan's top science adviser, William R. Graham, say there is no other explanation for such tests than preparation for the deployment of electromagnetic pulse weapons –... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1615624/posts#comment Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:13:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575792/posts “If we [every man and woman living in America today] don’t understand the enemy we are fighting and the actual nature of this conflict, we have little likelihood of surviving this war, let alone prevailing in it,” he writes. But Gaffney and his contributors don’t just make sweeping if-then statements. They boil down the complexities of our enemy in a fashion that can be quickly and easily digested by all of us who need to know. Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575792/posts#comment Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:40:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1564306/posts Now, I'm afraid I must move on to a very downbeat topic: EMP. You may not know what those letters mean, but you will eventually be bombarded with more doom and gloom articles about them than you want. If you were looking for an uplifting column this week, I recommend you stop right here and click into some nicer columns by my esteemed WND colleagues. EMP refers to Electro-Magnetic Pulse weaponry, high-yielding atomic bombs that are enhanced to exaggerate their circuitry-destroying effect and minimize their human-destroying effect (quite possibly to the point of zero casualties even with an urban target).... WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1564306/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:52:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1538161/posts Between the efforts by the partisans to find a way to blame the Bush administration for intelligence failures and the media efforts to rehabilitate the Clinton administration, the report fell through the cracks. It shouldn't have. Particularly when Iran is estimated to be only months away from being able to build nuclear weapons. In September 2000, Iran test-fired a new variant of its Shehab-3 missile. It exploded shortly after take-off in what was described in the Western media as a second 'failed missile test'. (An Iranian test conducted in 1998 also exploded shortly after takeoff.) Oracle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1538161/posts#comment Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:56:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1536203/posts If Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda — or the dictators of North Korea or Iran — had the ability to destroy America as a superpower, would they be tempted to try? Wouldn't that temptation be even greater if that result could be achieved with a single attack, involving just one nuclear weapon, perhaps even one of modest power and relatively unsophisticated design? And, what if the attacker could be reasonably sure that the United States would not know who was responsible for such a devastating blow? Unfortunately, that scenario is not far fetched. It is the conclusion of a report issued... worldtribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1536203/posts#comment Thu, 8 Dec 2005 06:21:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535065/posts “A terrorist’s dream; an American nightmare.” These words summarize the video presentation of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States in the dramatic, heart-chilling video on the new web site www.warfooting.com, sponsored by Frank Gaffney’s Center for Security Policy. EMP attack is a subject about which far too many of us, unfortunately, know far too little. Frontpagemag.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535065/posts#comment Tue, 6 Dec 2005 18:56:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1534757/posts “A terrorist’s dream; an American nightmare.” These words summarize the video presentation of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States in the dramatic, heart-chilling video on the new web site www.warfooting.com, sponsored by Frank Gaffney’s Center for Security Policy. EMP attack is a subject about which far too many of us, unfortunately, know far too little. A blue-ribbon Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack, chaired by the esteemed scientist Dr. William R. Graham, includes a short but highly impressive list of top American scientists, engineers, and military specialists among its members.... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1534757/posts#comment Tue, 6 Dec 2005 09:19:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1525906/posts WASHINGTON – The threat posed to the national security of the United States by Iran was likened only to the one posed by Nazi Germany in the 1930s, by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who suggested Tehran could be planning for a pre-emptive nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack on America that would turn a third or more of the country "back to a 19th century level of development." Gingrich made the stunning statements, which echo warning of other congressional leaders and national security experts, in testimony before a subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last week. WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1525906/posts#comment Mon, 21 Nov 2005 04:35:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516120/posts Four persons arrested in Los Angeles are part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering ring, federal investigators said, and the suspects caused serious compromises for 15 years to major U.S. weapons systems, including submarines and warships. U.S. intelligence and security officials said the case remains under investigation but that it could prove to be among the most damaging spy cases since the 1985 one of John A. Walker Jr., who passed Navy communication codes to Moscow for 22 years. The Los Angeles spy ring has operated since 1990 and has funneled technology and military secrets to China in the form of documents... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516120/posts#comment Sat, 5 Nov 2005 08:19:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1446541/posts The Mouse that Roared By William John Hagan July 20, 2005 (Houston Home Journal, Perry GA) On 9/11 the United States was completely unprepared for attack. The Bush administration has competently protected the nation from terrorist attack by using the often overreaching powers of the Department of Homeland Security. Today most Americans rightfully expect and fear a future attack from Islamic Terrorists that would rival the mass murder of 2001. However, in reality, the greatest threat faced today by the United States is an attack by the rogue nation of North Korea. For almost two decades, incompetent Secretaries of State... Houston HomeJournal (Perry GA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1446541/posts#comment Wed, 20 Jul 2005 05:01:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1443691/posts Below are some excerpts of observations I have posted on other recent threads that I will continue to post when appropriate, because I believe that China’s military build-up may soon prove to be the most ominous threat we face ... Islamic terrorism notwithstanding. (Thank you for your continuing and untiring efforts -- represented by the preceding link -- to document the unparalleled China threat, Jeff Head.) An article by Bill Gertz in the Washington Times (6/26/05) stated flatly that ‘there's a growing consensus that at some point in the mid-to-late '90s, there was a fundamental shift in the sophistication, breadth... self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1443691/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jul 2005 17:29:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1397994/posts A rock chip this isn't! How about a lightning bolt! It's what's left of a Salt Lake woman's windshield after lightning struck as she was driving down a highway. Lightning is the number one natural killer in Utah so she's lucky to be alive, and what a story she has. One minute she's driving down the highway, the next she's pulled over after lightning ripped through her car. If the chances of getting struck by lightning are slim, then getting hit two times should be near impossible. That means Aline Devaud of Millcreek shouldn't ever have to worry about it... KSLTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1397994/posts#comment Fri, 6 May 2005 15:50:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1427797/posts Joining Sen. John Kyl, who earlier warned of how an electromagnetic pulse attack threatens U.S. survival, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, chairman of the House Projection Forces Subcommittee, says an EMP attack – even by an underfunded, unsophisticated terrorist group – has the potential to cripple U.S. society and kill millions. "Today we are very much concerned ... about asymmetric weapons," Bartlett told his colleagues. "We are a big, powerful country. Nobody can contend with us shoulder-to-shoulder, face-to-face. So all of our potential adversaries are looking for what we refer to as asymmetric weapons. That is a weapon that overcomes our superior... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1427797/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:15:54 GMT