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Missile Defense Needed to Thwart EMP Attack

November 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Two days before the election, I published ten reasons NOT to elect Barack Obama in 2008 with reason #3 being the fact that Obama wants to drastically cut defense spending, research and capabilities.  Among those defense cutbacks, a missile defense system that might protect the United States from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack.
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Emergency Plan Fails to Consider EMP Threat

August 9th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Soon after publishing Oil Crisis Pales in Comparison to EMP Threat, a post offering insight into the threat of an electromagnetic pulse attack against the United States, I decided to review the Department of Homeland Security’s recently-released National Emergency Communications Plan and examine the young agency’s take on the matter. Surprisingly, the 83-page plan [...]

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Oil Crisis Pales in Comparison to EMP Threat

August 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The ongoing oil crisis pales in comparison to a recently-identified threat slowly catching the attention of reporters and think tankers alike.
In the opening paragraph of a Wall Street Journal Online opinion piece published today, readers were asked to use their imaginations and envision a frightening choice facing terrorist enemies of the United States (think Iran):
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