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JIC you haven't seen these unclassified USG docs available on the internet and want to read up:
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Protection and Restoration Guidelines for Equipment and Facilities, with Appendices A-C, v1.0, Dec 22, 2016
High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) Protection for Ground-Based C4I Facilities Performing Critical Time Urgent Missions, DOD MIL-STD-188-125-1, 17Jul1998
http://futurescience.com/emp/MIL-STD-188-125-1.pdf
https://www.empcenter.org/storage/DH...ies%20Ver1.pdf
Here's another decent read:
http://www.eiscouncil.com/App_Data/U...2bb2a56fc6.pdf
Very far from my area of expertise, but recall reading a paper sometime ago (?Los Alamos lab abstract perhaps) that the EMP threat is not as malignant as its made out to be...Will research and re-post later.
Latest authoritative study from DHS: STRATEGY FOR PROTECTING AND PREPARING THE HOMELAND AGAINST THREATS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE AND GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES, Oct 9, 2018.
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/fi...-Embargoed.pdf
Here’s a conference paper from the DOD on EMP-related policy issues based on estimated impacts. Very serious discussion by knowledgeaBle commentators.
https://media.defense.gov/2018/Nov/2...TASK_FORCE.PDF
VERY disturbing. I guess ONE SECOND AFTER was right all along.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce in WV
Yet there are still plenty of people who down play the threat that GMD's/CME's/HEMP's/etc. pose to are antiquated power grid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce in WV
More warnings... this time from DHS...
Washington Examiner article describing new report: “Start prepping! Electric grid ‘prime target’ of terrorists, ‘profound threat,’ says council”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/w...hreat-says-dhs
New report referenced in the article...
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/fi...08%20FINAL.pdf
Practice run???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUdo7jIFexs
Metcalf Sniper Attack:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attackQuote:
The Metcalf sniper attack was a "sophisticated" assault on Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Metcalf Transmission Substation located in Coyote, California, near the border of San Jose, on April 16, 2013, in which gunmen fired on 17 electrical transformers.
The latest, with a commentary article by Bill Gertz, a well respected writer with established electronic warfare credibilty.
"Several nations, including China and Russia, are building powerful nuclear bombs designed to produce super-electromagnetic pulse (EMP) waves capable of devastating all electronics—from computers to electric grids—for hundreds of miles, according to a newly-released congressional study.
A report by the now-defunct Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from EMP Attack, for the first time reveals details on how nuclear EMP weapons are integrated into the military doctrines of China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran"
https://freebeacon.com/national-secu...ckout-warfare/
http://www.firstempcommission.org/up..._july_2017.pdf
This from TODAY:
White House Warns of EMP Attacks On U.S.
Trump admin officials working to counter EMP attacks on U.S. electrical grid, critical services
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The sun sets behind power lines and poles in Rosemead, California, on July 9, 2018. - While temperatures have dropped slightly from the record heatwave which hit Southern California on July 6, thousands of people are still suffering from power outages resulting from the heatwave. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
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BY: Adam Kredo Follow @Kredo0
March 26, 2019 4:00 pm
The Trump administration is taking steps to protect the United States from electro-magnetic pulse events, or EMPs, a type of event that can occur naturally but that has also been weaponized by nations seeking to cripple the country's critical infrastructure.
"An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) has the potential to disrupt, degrade, and damage technology and critical infrastructure systems," the White House writes in the new executive order. "Human-made or naturally occurring EMPs can affect large geographic areas, disrupting elements critical to the Nation's security and economic prosperity, and could adversely affect global commerce and stability."
"It is the policy of the United States to prepare for the effects of EMPs through targeted approaches that coordinate whole-of-government activities and encourage private-sector engagement," the order states. "The Federal Government must provide warning of an impending EMP; protect against, respond to, and recover from the effects of an EMP through public and private engagement, planning, and investment; and prevent adversarial events through deterrence, defense, and nuclear nonproliferation efforts."
The White House is seeking to have a comprehensive strategy on EMPs within the next year.
"This Executive Order advances increased resilience to Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) events by directing better data gathering, testing, and private-sector coordination to implement protective measures," the White House said in a statement accompanying the new order. "The Executive Order also instructs departments and agencies to coordinate and streamline these efforts, while fostering an environment, through strong Administration leadership, that promotes private-sector innovation to strengthen our critical infrastructure."
"President Trump will always do what it takes to keep Americans safe. Today’s Executive Order—the first ever to establish a comprehensive policy to improve resilience to EMPs—is one more example of how the administration is keeping its promise to always be vigilant against present dangers and future threats," the White House said.
EMP attacks have long been on the United States's radar, but the Trump administration is taking steps to make prevention against such attacks a priority. To this end, the administration issued a new executive order on Tuesday instructing a range of federal agencies to work more closely together to mitigate the risks of such a catastrophe.
EMP attacks, whether natural or used as warfare against the United States, can take the nation's most critical infrastructure offline, including the electrical grid and other basic necessities.
Senior U.S. officials who briefed reporters on the new order warned that the United States needs to do better to protect against these attacks and safeguard the country's infrastructure.
"It's going to be important that we take that unified approach," said one senior administration official, emphasizing the need for the government to work together, as well as with private sector entities familiar with the EMP threat. "We need to reduce the uncertainty in this space" and "mitigate potential impact" of any EMP attack on America.
The efforts will include not only the White House National Security Council, but also the State, Energy, Interior, and Homeland Security Departments.
U.S. officials said that the threat of a weaponized EMP attack weighed into President Donald Trump's decision to elevate the issue and order a comprehensive strategy to deal with is.
"This addresses the full range of EMP effect to that nation," human and otherwise, the official said. The policy is "really is driven towards the full spectrum and understanding the hazards posed towards critical infrastructure."
The Trump administration's 2017 national security strategy was the first to identify EMP as a national threat. Since then, the White House has taken "concrete steps to address the threat," according to the administration officials, who would only speak on background to reporters.
"This really is groundbreaking action that takes the longstanding recommendations of the scientific community to heart and is the first to pull them altogether in a comprehensive suite of actions" to mitigate the threat, according to one of the U.S. officials who briefed reporters.
Federal agencies and their private sector partners will seek to "improve our understanding of EMP effects" and "strengthen critical infrastructure to withstand the effects of EMP," officials said. "We're taking a whole of government approach."
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Just when you thought you understood the problem...an article from 'Wired' arrives with the message that the grid might survive EMP "just fine".
FTA:"The study, by the Electric Power Research Institute, a utility-funded research organization, finds that existing technology can protect various components of the electric grid to buffer it from the effects of solar flares, lightning strikes, and an EMP from a nuclear blast all at the same time: a three-for-one surge protector."
https://www.wired.com/story/the-grid...lse-just-fine/
https://forbes.com/sites/dipkabhambh.../#454503734f5a
Link to EPRI Executive Summary of the report:
https://publicdownload.epri.com/Publ.../type=Synopsis
Interesting article on the science of Faraday cages. It's all about the physics...
https://sinews.siam.org/Details-Page...e-faraday-cage
Is this fact or is it a way to calm the masses?