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EMP: If It Ever Happens, You May Regret Surviving It.
When I first sat down to research this story, I thought that America had no real enemy capable of using an Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) weapon. It seemed like something out of a science fiction movie. Sure, I know that the Sun can cause this type of energy burst, but could a nation develop such a horrific weapon? Wow, was I naive.
Currently, North Korea has the capability to launching a ballistic missile high into the atmosphere, but no worries… officials say they have not yet developed a re-entry capability. Well guess what? For an EMP weapon it does not need to re-enter the atmosphere. More troubling is that all of our defensive systems are designed to target a potential warhead as it re-enters. As you will see, this is a recipe for disaster.
A weaponized EMP (bomb) is made to detonate high in the atmosphere. I’m talking hundreds of miles up there. It’s possible to use an ordinary nuclear bomb for this. It’s very low tech. The explosion releases certain energies that spread out and radiate a large area underneath it. The higher up it happens, the more the radiation can extend beyond the curve of the horizon. The effects, while not radioactive per se, are even more lethal.
The electromagnetic pulse contains enough energy to destroy anything and everything electronic. Think of it like a powerful lightening bolt. And when I say destroyed, I mean burned out and not repairable. But even if your cellphone, radio or computer was still somehow working, there would be no electrical power in the grid — for a long time. All of the transformers would have to be replaced and new wiring installed. And, of course, the generators themselves would need to be rebuilt. Our cars, trucks and entire infrastructure would be gone — in an instant.
An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon is far more dangerous and potentially more lethal than a nuclear bomb. We known that the Russians have EMP weapons because of their published (an sometimes not) research and experiments with the technology. And now, of course, we can include China. But really, any nuclear capable nation with an atmospheric delivery system can do this.
“China’s military is developing electromagnetic pulse weapons that Beijing plans to use against U.S. aircraft carriers in any future conflict over Taiwan, according to an intelligence report made public on Thursday.Portions of a National Ground Intelligence Centerstudy on the lethal effects of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and high-powered microwave (HPM) weapons revealed that the arms are part of China’s so-called “assassin’s mace” arsenal — weapons that allow a technologically inferior China to defeat U.S. military forces.” –Washington Post 7/22/11
A declassified intelligence report, obtained by the private National Security Archive, provides details on China’s EMP weapons and plans for their use. Annual Pentagon reports on China’s military in the past made only passing references to the arms.
“For use against Taiwan, China could detonate at a much lower altitude (30 to 40 kilometers) … to confine the EMP effects to Taiwan and its immediate vicinity and minimize damage to electronics on the mainland.”
And, it goes without saying that countries, specifically the USA and Israel, have invested in this technology. But the real icing on the cake is North Korea:
“North Korea’s last round of tests, conducted in May 2009, appear to have included a “super-EMP” weapon, capable of emitting enough gamma rays to disable the electric power grid across most of the lower 48 states, says Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, a former CIA nuclear weapons analyst and president of EMPact America, a citizens lobbying group.
Samore, who handles arms control and non-proliferation issues, warned that “additional strong sanctions will be imposed on the North with the support of Russia and China.”
North Korea’s nuclear tests have been dismissed as failures by some analysts because of their low explosive yield. But Dr. Pry believes they bore the “signature” of the Russian-designed “super-EMP” weapon, capable of emitting more gamma radiation than a 25-megaton nuclear weapon.
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Blackout USA (EMP survival and preparedness)
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Backyard Liberty (Easy and cheap DIY Aquaponic system to grow your organic and living food bank)
The big long-term danger from an EMP is the damage to nuclear power plants. What control circuitry and pumps and power supplies survive the initial attack will not continue to function for long. Supplies of power for emergency cooling and control will disappear over a period of days or weeks. One by one the plants will lose cooling, the cores will melt, the containment will be breached, and we’ll end up with hundreds of Fukushimas all across the U.S. It is conceivable that enough radiation would be released to render the planet uninhabitable for tens of thousand of years (except by cockroaches and scorpions…).