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Warning concerning EMP attacks and solar flares.

"Military warns EMP attack could wipe out America, 'democracy, world order'"
by Paul Bedard November 30, 2018
www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/military-warns-emp-attack-could-wipe-out-america-democracy-world-order

A warning for all is needed based on a report focused on preparing for either an enemy EMP attack or a natural hit such as a solar storm , written by experts Air Force Maj. David Stuckenberg, former CIA Director James Woolsey, and Col. Douglas DeMaio, called for a national and congressional publicity campaign to alert the nation and governmental leaders to the threat.

"In an extraordinary and sobering report meant to educate the nation on a growing threat, a new military study warns that an electromagnetic pulse weapon attack such as those developed by North Korea, Russia, and Iran could essentially challenge the United States and displace millions.

"The report, titled, “Electromagnetic Defense Task Force,” and the product of a mostly classified summit of officials from 40 agencies just outside of Washington earlier this year, is a forceful call for a new focus on preparing for either an enemy EMP attack or a natural hit such as a solar storm.

"it appears to support a congressional warning that up to 90 percent of the population on the East Coast would die in a year of an attack that would dismantle or interfere with electricity, transportation, food processing, and healthcare.

Citing figures from the Union of Concerned Scientists, the report:

99 nuclear reactors would likely melt down without electricity to cool them.

4.1 million would be displaced from areas around the nuclear plants as the radioactive cloud spread.

Military and commercial jets, such as those built by Airbus, could be degraded. "Alarmingly, aircraft designed to carry large numbers of people and sizable cargo are allowed to operate without certainty about their level of resilience."

Bases would be cut off, making defense and counter-attacks impossible.

Civil unrest would start in “hours.”

Power and GPS could go dark. “An EMP would cause instantaneous and simultaneous loss of many technologies reliant on electrical power and computer circuit boards, such as cell phones and GPS devices.”

“Failures may include long-term loss of electrical power (due to loss of emergency generators), sewage, fresh water, banking, landlines, cellular service, vehicles.”

18 months or more are required to replace key elements of the electric grid that would be damaged or knocked out.

"Figuring out just which country launched an attack would be difficult since certain weapons could be delivered in a satellite."

"Meanwhile, access to the 5G-millimeter wave bandwidth will be critical to operations in all war-fighting domains, in particular, space command & control,” said the white paper.

“The potential for an adversary to inflict damage on states through EMS attack has grown significantly,” said the 69-page report, which warned, “An EMP attack affects all devices with solid-state electronics and could render inoperative the main grid and backup power systems, such as on-site generators.”

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