The United States is highly vulnerable to attack from electronic pulses caused by a nuclear blast in space, according to a new book on threats to U.S. security.
A single nuclear weapon carried by a ballistic missile and detonated a few hundred miles over the United States would cause "catastrophe for the nation" by damaging electricity-based networks and infrastructure, including computers and telecommunications, according to "War Footing: 10 Steps America Must Take to Prevail in the War for the Free World."
"This is the single most serious national-security challenge and certainly the least known," said Frank J. Gaffney Jr. of the Center for Security Policy, a former Pentagon official and lead author of the book, which includes contributions by 34 security and intelligence specialists.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Aw Nuts - U.S. Seen Vulnerable to Space 'pulse' Attack
Are you kidding me? The "single most serious national-security challenge."
People have been thinking about the EMP threat for, what, forty (fifty?) years now. "Least known?"- my fanny. I am getting a box of tin foil and heading for the basement right now!
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