Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Military warns EMP attack could wipe out America, 'democracy, world order'
Washington Examiner ^ | 11/30/2018 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 11/30/2018 12:51:24 PM PST by BenLurkin

The report, titled, “Electromagnetic Defense Task Force,” and the product of a mostly classified summit of officials from 40 agencies just outside of Washington earlier this year, is a forceful call for a new focus on preparing for either an enemy EMP attack or a natural hit such as a solar storm.

While it is focused on the devastating impact an EMP hit would have on the military, it appears to support a congressional warning that up to 90 percent of the population on the East Coast would die in a year of an attack that would dismantle or interfere with electricity, transportation, food processing, and healthcare.

Consider just some of the warnings in the report from the United States Air Force Air University and the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education.

Figuring out just which country launched an attack would be difficult since certain weapons could be delivered in a satellite.

It also noted the development of the 5G mobile network and how it will run communications and why it must be protected, especially since China is the biggest investor in its development.

“Because control of 5G is roughly equivalent to control of the Internet, open 5G is critical to freedom and free-market economics. Meanwhile, access to the 5G-millimeter wave bandwidth will be critical to operations in all war-fighting domains, in particular, space command & control,” said the white paper.

Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast, the commander of Air Education and Training Command, said, “As electromagnetic technologies fuse in new and often dangerous ways, it’s critical that the military and industry make honest evaluations of present and future conflict states to ensure we’re proactive rather than reactive.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: antidefense; emp; fakenews; fakescientists; leftyucs
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 201-204 next last

1 posted on 11/30/2018 12:51:24 PM PST by BenLurkin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

All of my firearms are EMP-hardened. I’m not too worried.


2 posted on 11/30/2018 12:52:03 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Make sure you are long in digital currency.


3 posted on 11/30/2018 12:52:43 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (You know that I am full of /S)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

The snowflakes will be the first to go.


4 posted on 11/30/2018 12:55:23 PM PST by al_c (https://conventionofstates.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

I don’t see how - Democrats keep making paper ballots long after the election is over.


5 posted on 11/30/2018 12:55:36 PM PST by Skywise
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

So the power goes out for a week. And the EBT cards don’t work.

What could wrong in any large democrat controlled diversity city....?


6 posted on 11/30/2018 12:55:43 PM PST by 2banana (Were you)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

If you want to scare yourself read William Forstchen’s One Second After. I sleep a little bit better since Trump has reigned Rocket Man in somewhat. I believe EMP is a more credible threat than the nuclear exchange we’ve all feared since the 50s.


7 posted on 11/30/2018 1:01:01 PM PST by hardspunned
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin
While it is focused on the devastating impact an EMP hit would have on the military, it appears to support a congressional warning that up to 90 percent of the population on the East Coast would die in a year of an attack ...

Surprisingly, democrat voter turnout would not be affected.

8 posted on 11/30/2018 1:01:50 PM PST by Flick Lives
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin
up to 90 percent of the population on the East Coast would die in a year of an attack

They say that like it's a bad thing. Just kidding.

9 posted on 11/30/2018 1:02:17 PM PST by libertylover (Democrats hated Lincoln too.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: 2banana
So the power goes out for a week.

A week?! Not hardly. A dedicated attack or severe solar flare would do more harm than a week's inconvenience. Far more.

10 posted on 11/30/2018 1:02:24 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned about who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

And I feel fine.


11 posted on 11/30/2018 1:03:10 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Bloody Sam Roberts

12 posted on 11/30/2018 1:04:44 PM PST by Scythian_Reborn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: 2banana

Remember what happened at Walmart and other stores when a temporary glitch denied EBT cards?


13 posted on 11/30/2018 1:08:41 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin
"While it is focused on the devastating impact an EMP hit would have on the military, it appears to support a congressional warning that up to 90 percent of the population on the East Coast would die in a year of an attack that would dismantle or interfere with electricity, transportation, food processing, and healthcare."

We want money...

14 posted on 11/30/2018 1:10:57 PM PST by EEGator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

An EMP will save this country. Illegals will leave, snowflakes will starve, the stupid and the entitled will self destruct or be shot in the process of looting or being stupid. Liberals will be hardest hit. Those left will rebuild.


15 posted on 11/30/2018 1:11:20 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

Wipes out democracy? Sounds good. Will EMP wipe out representative republic? If so, I’m not for it.

I can’t stand democracy. It was an epithet in Greece. It’s nothing more than mob rule.

If anything, EMP will all but guarantee democracy.


16 posted on 11/30/2018 1:12:07 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin
Union of Concerned Scientists

Not credible.

Lots of this was covered in a Congressional report about a decade ago.

This seems to be just a rehash by some lobbyist group.

Anybody know anything about the group that sponsored this?

17 posted on 11/30/2018 1:13:17 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Yo-Yo

Your food, water, meds, transportation and ammo are not.


18 posted on 11/30/2018 1:13:43 PM PST by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: BenLurkin

As long as we have nuclear missiles on submarines, and assuming the Chinese haven’t hacked those, we should be fine. Anyone who tried an EMP attack on the US would pay the same price as if they tried to nuke us. So no one will do it. Just like with nukes.

The danger from nukes since the end of the cold war has always been the risk that a small one is set off in a major city and we don’t know who did it. That could be done with an EMP too, perhaps, but it would not kill anyone, and would only affect one city. To get the whole US, it has to be set off from space or on reentry. And if they did that, we would know where it came from.


19 posted on 11/30/2018 1:13:48 PM PST by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Scythian_Reborn

Heck, something like this can happen with a large solar flare. If anything we all should assume not if it will happen but when.


20 posted on 11/30/2018 1:13:53 PM PST by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 201-204 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson