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. Not familiar [...]
Missile Defense Needed to Thwart EMP Attack
November 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: · Barack Obama, brian t. kennedy, defense spending, electromagnetic pulse, emergency plan, emp, emp attack, emp threat, missile, missile defense, nuclear warhead, Obama, oil crisis, president-elect obama, Wall Street Journal, wsj online
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 [...]
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