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 ...
Try 18 months... those folks won’t stay put for long.
bttt
The natives got restless?
And that EMP doesn’t have to be from a weapon, either. If the Carrington Event happened today, it would destroy civilization.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_mass_ejection#First_traces
I have always read that it wouldn’t be (relatively) that expensive to harden against this. Why isn’t it being done?
You are mistaken.
U.S. Gov’t and fellow power infrastructure peers are preparing for impending EMP-CME incident.
PREPARE.
12/6/2018 & 12/7/2018: EMP SIG Workshop & Summit
posted Nov 4, 2018, 11:51 AM by N M [ updated Nov 4, 2018, 12:11 PM ]
Please Attend DHS FBI InfraGard EMP SIG Workshop & Summit
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE
WHY: It is vital that the nation critical infrastructures are resilient and prepared for major disasters
WHAT: WORKSHOP on Thursday, December 6 from 8:30am to 5:00pm
Senator Ron Johnson, Chairman of Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs will be our kickoff speaker at 9:00 am.
Major David Stuckenberg will present the 2018 Air University Electromagnetic Defense Task Force Report (Spartacus) and then we will discuss actions based on this valuable information.
Work on the second version of InfraGard’s Action Guide, Powering Through: From Fragile Infrastructures to Community Resilience will be discussed by the authors.
A utility industry panel is planned. Ambassador Hank Cooper will discuss the Lake Wylie Project, which is a hydroelectric cranking path to blackstart a nuclear power plant and help the critical infrastructure be resilient.
We will then brainstorm actions needed to strengthen Critical Infrastructure resilience.
RSVP for the WORKSHOP is by invitation ONLY. InfraGard members - please get RSVP link from email or internal post.
WHAT: SUMMIT on Friday, December 7 from 8:30am to 5:00pm
Undersecretary Bill Bryan, DHS Science and Technology will be the kickoff speaker for the Summit.
Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO) House Armed Services Committee, Congressman David Price (D-NC), House Intelligence Committee and David Bowdich, FBI Deputy Director are invited to join us Tom Popik and Jordan Kearns will discuss an EMP and GMD cost study carried out by the Foundation for Resilient Societies and Bill Harris discussing funding methods.
Panels on energy emergencies with Paul Stockton, former assistant secretary of defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, addressing Emergency Response Orders and State Actions for consequence management are planned.
WHERE: National Capitol Visitors’ Center Congressional Auditorium, Washington, DC
bkmk
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Read you Bible!
It tells what is really going to happen.
Fortunately, we’re not a Democracy but a Republic.
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Is that the kind you can hold in your digits?
It must be budget time.
EMPs require a nuclear attack on the US. Anything large enough to knock out the entire nation is not something that would be built in a mountain in Korea. Thus, this type of attack would come from Russia or China. They would be a radioactive heap within half an hour.
Think about this for a minute or two. Ask yourself how we would respond to a nuke attack.
MAD still applies.
If we were talking about a massive Carrington event, it would not take out the the entire country.
“A utility industry panel is planned. Ambassador Hank Cooper will discuss the Lake Wylie Project, which is a hydroelectric cranking path to blackstart a nuclear power plant and help the critical infrastructure be resilient.”
One good thing is that the steps needed to make our electrical and other infrastructures much more resilient are not supposed to be that expensive (at least not as compared to either the cost of electricity, or the cost of doing nothing). It is something that could be easily paid for with a 2% tax on electric and gas fees for 5 or 10 years (which I would ONLY favor if the thing automatically sunsetted, and required a vote by both Houses and a Presidential signature to extend - unlike the telephone tax imposed during the Spanish-American War that lasted for about 85 years).
Ditto!
Illegals will be terminated!
Ping.
What he has will get anything he wants.
“EMPs require a nuclear attack on the US. Anything large enough to knock out the entire nation is not something that would be built in a mountain in Korea. Thus, this type of attack would come from Russia or China”
BTW, the Russians or Chinese could do the same, without launching from their home territory (and, if you think about it, why on Earth WOULD they launch from their home territory unless it was part of a massive 1st strike?).
All that is necessary is a tuned ATOM bomb (not a more sophisticated H-bomb) and a rocket that can reach orbit. Many nations, not just Russia and China, have that capacity, including some rather unfriendly nations.
Sure doesn’t seem like it. Looks like an oligarchy more and more each day.
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