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President Trump Keeping Promise On EMP Protection |
2017-12-21 |
[FamilySecurityMatters] President Donald Trump on Monday (December 18, 2017) in what may well be remembered as an historic speech describing his new "America First" National Security Strategy, broke new ground by promising to protect U.S. critical infrastructures from "cyber, physical, and electromagnetic attacks." After 8 years of the Obama Administration ignoring the existential threat posed by electromagnetic pulse (EMP), President Trump deserves the gratitude of his nation for being the first president to include EMP in his National Security Strategy. In so doing, President Trump is keeping a promise made in the 2016 Republican Party Platform on which he ran and was elected: ![]() Protection Against an Electromagnetic Pulse: A single nuclear weapon detonated at high altitude over this country would collapse our electrical grid and other critical infrastructures and endanger the lives of millions. With North Korea in possession of nuclear missiles and Iran close to having them, an EMP is no longer a theoretical concern - it is a real threat. Moreover, China and Russia include sabotage as part of their warfare planning. Nonetheless, hundreds of electrical utilities in the United States have not acted to protect themselves from EMP, and they cannot be expected to do so voluntarily since homeland security is a government responsibility. The President, the Congress, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the States, the utilities, and the private sector should work together on an urgent basis to... protect the national grid and encourage states to take the initiative to protect their own grids expeditiously. The new National Security Strategy acknowledges the importance of protecting U.S. critical infrastructures from "cyber, physical, and electromagnetic attacks": Critical infrastructure keeps our food fresh, our houses warm, our trade flowing, and our citizens productive and safe. The vulnerability of U.S. critical infrastructure to cyber, physical, and electromagnetic attacks means that adversaries could disrupt military command and control, banking and financial operations, the electrical grid, and means of communication. Presidential recognition of the EMP threat hopefully will mobilize the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense to give EMP protection of military forces and civilian critical infrastructures high priority. That protection should include not only hardening key assets against EMP effects-but more robust and layered missile defenses. President Trump's new National Security Strategy-reversing the Obama Administration's long neglect and weakening of National Missile Defense-promises to: Continues @ link. |
Posted by:Anomalous Sources |
#18 Thanks, SS9697. |
Posted by: gorb 2017-12-21 23:59 |
#17 and how's that Wi-Fi working in the farther rooms? WiFi inside the Faraday Cage is GREAT. Walls, floor and ceiling get it bouncing around everywhere into all of the corners. That's why old SCIF rats all get cancer. Pick your poison. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-12-21 22:44 |
#16 Gorb, Place a surge protector between your AC outlet and your TV. A battery-backed UPS should do it. As for your car, a jumper cable connected to the car frame or (metal) bumper and a conducting ground spike should protect it. Unless fatboy has a super-EMP weapon the main pathway to your electronics will be through your AC outlet. |
Posted by: S. Sleater9697 2017-12-21 21:18 |
#15 and how's that Wi-Fi working in the farther rooms? |
Posted by: Frank G 2017-12-21 21:15 |
#14 Atsome point we'll see them sell Faraday panelling like wood panelling. Put it between the studs on your walls and place drywall over it so that nobody knows, and you'll be protected against all but really close EMP blasts. In accordance with Murphy's law. the installers will forget to connect all the ground wires... |
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-12-21 20:46 |
#13 And the tin foil roofing. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-12-21 18:36 |
#12 Right over the Kevlar double layer. |
Posted by: KBK 2017-12-21 18:07 |
#11 Put it between the studs on your walls and place drywall over it so that nobody knows, and you'll be protected against all but really close EMP blasts. Again? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-12-21 14:42 |
#10 At some point we'll see them sell Faraday panelling like wood panelling. Put it between the studs on your walls and place drywall over it so that nobody knows, and you'll be protected against all but really close EMP blasts. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-12-21 14:38 |
#9 I'm sure the Democrats are already working to insure that ObamaPhones get top priority on the list. And EBT cards. |
Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-12-21 12:31 |
#8 Gorb - Only if it's a pre-1975 Magnavox or similar ilk with a Cathode Ray Tube. But I share your concern. Where would I watch all the old Hogan's Heroes reruns on MeTV? |
Posted by: Warthog 2017-12-21 12:19 |
#7 Will my TV survive? |
Posted by: gorb 2017-12-21 10:00 |
#6 hardening the power system would be a good idea Yup. Most of the very new systems control equipment is Mil Spec and RAD hardened. Lots of older stuff out there, though. The really old controls from the 50's-60's or earlier mostly wouldn't be affected. Kind of like your old 'apocalypse truck' with points and carburetor vs. your kid's Acadia with HEI and fuel injection. EMP burst(s) shouldn't physically affect the 'stupid' stuff like overhead lines, substation/distribution transformers and 'mechanical' switching components. It will be the monitoring and control systems for those that are susceptible. |
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-12-21 08:31 |
#5 Trump understands that keeping one's word is a major part of being able to make a deal. |
Posted by: AlanC 2017-12-21 07:40 |
#4 From your mouth to the ear of G*d, Besoeker. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-12-21 05:20 |
#3 Apparently, this man attempts to keep all of his promises. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2017-12-21 04:31 |
#2 Trump makes me happy. |
Posted by: newc 2017-12-21 02:12 |
#1 Our satellites could detect an inbound PME powerful enough to cause another Carrington Event and there would be little we could do. So, yes, hardening the power system would be a good idea. |
Posted by: magpie 2017-12-21 00:39 |