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Top-level government officials need to use common sense and take immediate steps to prevent the calamitous effects of a potential EMP strike on the American homeland.
A successful EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) strike by a hostile nation could be made by detonating a nuclear weapon many miles above us, and just one such detonation could instantly wipe out the entire U.S. electric grid. It doesn't take a genius to realize that America would be helpless without electricity, so why aren't U.S. government officials making the EMP threat an immediate top-level priority?
It would cost no more than about $3 billion to take measures to prevent such a catastrophe, but government officials seem almost blind to the problem. Our grid is dependent on massive transformers that could be destroyed by an EMP strike, and replacement transformers would take years to build, and America doesn't even have the current capacity to make those replacements.
It's common sense. Relatively small amounts of money is needed to protect the grid and keep food, water and other essentials going to Americans, and no price tag is too great to guard against a multi-year EMP blackout.
A successful EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) strike by a hostile nation could be made by detonating a nuclear weapon many miles above us, and just one such detonation could instantly wipe out the entire U.S. electric grid. It doesn't take a genius to realize that America would be helpless without electricity, so why aren't U.S. government officials making the EMP threat an immediate top-level priority?
It would cost no more than about $3 billion to take measures to prevent such a catastrophe, but government officials seem almost blind to the problem. Our grid is dependent on massive transformers that could be destroyed by an EMP strike, and replacement transformers would take years to build, and America doesn't even have the current capacity to make those replacements.
Virtually everything in America -- food, water, finance, transportation, business and communication -- is dependent on electricity. On the subject of food alone, few Americans depend on local food sources; rather, they rely on food shipped from elsewhere utilizing automated mass-packing, transportation and refrigeration, none of which would work in the aftermath of an EMP. Even tap water depends on electricity.
Many experts have warned that more than 90 percent of Americans could die within a year of a successful EMP strike, due to starvation, lack of medication, disease and many other tragic consequences.
Few Americans realize that North Korea currently has at least two satellites orbiting directly above the U.S., and there's actually a possibility they may have nuclear warheads on them. And some experts suspect that Iran, China and Russia already have such nuclear warheads.
Despite the seriousness of the EMP threat, the administrations of Barack Obama and his predecessors took virtually no significant action. Officials under Obama refused to meet with EMP Commission experts, apparently not even acknowledging the threat. On the other hand, President Trump is cognizant of the problem, and he and his national security team is working to develop a strategy in conjunction with the EMP Commission.
Many of our worldwide adversaries -- including Russia, China, Iran and North Korea -- are aware of the reality EMPs, and it's an important part of their military strategy.
An successful EMP strike would be infinitely worse than 9/11, so there's no excuse for failure to defend ourselves against countries that could render the U.S. helpless by successfully unleashing one single nuke.
By allocating $3 billion -- chicken-feed compared with other governmental expenses -- America could safeguard its grid with things such as surge protectors and Faraday cages, the latter being an enclosure formed by conductive material used to block electric fields.
Absurdly, the North American Energy Reliability Committee (NERC) is spending huge amounts of money in lobbying Congress from mandating electric companies to protect the grid, but those NERC lobby efforts must be totally rejected
We must immediately place emphasis on protecting the U.S. electric grid. That issue is far more important than climate change initiatives. If Congress would take necessary action, the grid would not only be protected from EMPs, but from hurricanes and snowstorms as well.It's common sense. Relatively small amounts of money is needed to protect the grid and keep food, water and other essentials going to Americans, and no price tag is too great to guard against a multi-year EMP blackout.
