The article skims over a few modern weapons in development.
3 grids, not 1.
And for all of the problems in Texas last month the grid did not fail. Failure of the grid (any of them) require replacing parts/equipment that would take months.
Our military forces, bar none, have the capacity to destroy any nation that rises up against us but for one problem . . . it takes command codes to launch which will be rendered useless by a well-placed EMP attack - pretty much, I think, reducing us to the level of neanderthals throwing rocks and spears.
“Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States...at an altitude of 250 miles”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime
The idea of an EMP weapon that can wipe out the electrical grid of a country the size of America is Hollywood fantasy. Anything strong enough to cause a surge that large would have first order effects much more catastrophic than electrical outages. That said, just like zombie apocalypse scenarios, the practical concept is more valuable than the exact scenario of how it happens. Being segmented from central command nodes and electrical connectivity is a real threat for the country. There isn’t nearly enough resiliency built into the system, logistics aren’t in place to quickly recover from massive outages, and the system itself is becoming dangerously aged in many places. Nearly all of cloud computing is based on the idea of steady network connections (it doesn’t have to be, but in practice, nobody wants to pay for redundancy). If funding gets through to address these weaknesses because a senator watched a movie about EMP blasts and got spooked, I’m ok with it.
“...Trump moved to protect the US from the emerging threat of EMP attacks with an executive order issued in 2019.”
Yeah - just wait until Biden finds out about this one.
“This order by Trump only inflamed the tensions already increased due to his nasty twitter tweets. It also gave an unfair advantage over folks that mean us no harm - namely China. In the interest of world peace I will revoke this order as soon as China pays - um as soon as possible.
Uh... why wasn’t TARP money spent on this and asteroid defense and rebuilding infrastructure, etc. instead of bailing out the banksters?
Thank You Trump!!!
Wait until people find out the iPhone got fried. They’ll be crying out for war.
not really new.
Very interesting post and thread. Thanks. BUMP!
Wait until an EMP is used against us, and the EBT cards (and everything else) don’t work. If you think guns and ammo are hard to get now . . .
One weapon, one single event will not wipe out the entire power grid in the US. Multiple, simultaneous events might bring down a good portion of it though, at least temporarily.
The weak and unprepared will die,...the strong will survive. Blockade the cities, let them cannibalize themselves.