EMP vs. Nuclear Blast Effects
Welcome to EMP Blog, where I hope to help foster the growth of a community of people with common concerns. The format will be informal, and my assumption is that people who find their way here will...
View ArticleThe First Use of EMP
The first large-scale military use of EMP will not necessarily be against the US homeland. For example, Israel could use it against Iran. Such use would likely spur action elsewhere to harden...
View ArticleNorth Korea Orbits Satellite
North Korea recently launched a satellite into polar orbit, demonstrating its capability to send payloads anywhere on Earth. The question now is whether they have managed to reduce the size of their...
View ArticleProtecting the Grid is Not Enough
It would be comforting to believe that if the government began a program to harden our critical infrastructures, that would solve all our problems. Yet it would take years before such hardening was...
View ArticleJust Sail Away
Someone who lives on the coast could own a boat and simply sail away to a foreign land if an EMP disaster strikes. One of the hardest parts could be getting to the boat before thieves hijacked it. If...
View ArticleBook Review: EMP – Protect Family, Homes, and Community
This book by Don White and Jerry Emanuelson attempts to provide technical guidance to those who would like to protect their homes from the destructive effects of a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack....
View ArticleMissile Defense
The September 6th edition of The Economist included an article titled The Unsheltering Sky which evaluated the prospects of missile defense of the US from nuclear attack. The article concluded that...
View ArticleEMP Attack Concern Drives Pentagon to Reopen Cheyenne Mountain
The Pentagon has decided to reopen the Cheyenne Mountain Air Defense facility, which housed the heart of America’s air and missile defense of North America. The facility had been mothballed in a...
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