Many consider an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States, from an atmospheric nuclear warhead detonation, to be a black swan event – a high-impact, unpredictable event. But we have ...

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate on Tuesday released a report outlining a series of best practices that local, state and federal agencies—and private sector ...

Baker is a former Kirby Research Fellow in National Security Policy Congress should not let the Obama Administration ignore the commission’s findings. Instead, it should mandate an updated assessment ...

A tank commander on the front line radios in a report during an international crisis…and there is no response. Has a stealthy electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack destroyed the radio electronics in the ...

Imagine the power just went out. How would your life be immediately affected? Likely, in the short term, you’d be minorly inconvenienced. You’d have to find a ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced the release of the Strategy for Protecting and Preparing the Homeland against Threats from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and Geomagnetic ...

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States could wreak havoc on the nation's electronic systems--shutting down power grids, sources, and supply mechanisms, irreparably crippling the ...

On July 9, 1962, Hawaii was hit by a massive electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, which within minutes took down the state’s communications systems and traffic lights — virtually everything that ran on ...

WASHINGTON — We don’t want to think about the unthinkable. There's no electricity, cars don’t work, your furnace is off. Nothing works. This would be the result of an electromagnetic pulse. These ...

The Commission to Assess the Threat from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack, also known as the Congressional EMP Commission, has warned for nearly 20 years that a nuclear EMP attack, or natural EMP ...

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