North Korea openly threatens EMP attack for the first time, changing the game

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: TORONTO SUN

URL:http://www.torontosun.com/2017/09/03/north-korea-openly-threatens-emp-attack-for-the-first-time-changing-the-game

By Anthony Furey,


The news Sunday morning that North Korea had launched what appeared to be its sixth nuclear test and most powerful one to date is troubling enough.

But a statement from the rogue regime took things to a whole new level. The North said it had tested an H-bomb that was “a multi-functional thermonuclear nuke with great destructive power which can be detonated at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack according to strategic goals.”

This is the first time it has publicly mentioned its interest and ability in an EMP attack, a devastating weapon that could have catastrophic consequences for North America, the West and their closer neighbours.

An EMP attack, as I detail in my new book Pulse Attack, is a nuclear detonation that occurs in the atmosphere and creates a waveform that can take down the electrical grid below.

In the worst case scenario, this wouldn’t just shut off the power for minutes or hours, but weeks or even months, due to serious damage to transformer stations and other integral elements of our power infrastructure.

This wouldn’t just mean we couldn’t turn on our laptops and televisions; it would shut down our telecommunications, transportation, water systems, our ability to get food to cities and much more.

Conventional wisdom tells us that North Korea would be incredibly reticent to live up to its threats of launching a missile strike, nuclear or otherwise, on South Korea, Guam, Japan or elsewhere because the retaliation from the United States would be immediate and ferocious, effectively destroying the country and killing all of its leadership.

However, if Kim Jong Un’s first strike is a successful EMP attack against North America, this would largely shut down the ability of the U.S. to respond. While some elements of U.S. military infrastructure have been hardened for resilience against an EMP strike, there is no standardization across the board. Plus, civilian infrastructure is hardly protected, if at all. The United States and Canada would be in the dark and sitting ducks.

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[NavyCanDo]

SOURCE: TORONTO SUN

URL:http://www.torontosun.com/2017/09/03/north-korea-openly-threatens-emp-attack-for-the-first-time-changing-the-game

By Anthony Furey,s


The news Sunday morning that North Korea had launched what appeared to be its sixth nuclear test and most powerful one to date is troubling enough.

But a statement from the rogue regime took things to a whole new level. The North said it had tested an H-bomb that was “a multi-functional thermonuclear nuke with great destructive power which can be detonated at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack according to strategic goals.”

This is the first time it has publicly mentioned its interest and ability in an EMP attack, a devastating weapon that could have catastrophic consequences for North America, the West and their closer neighbours.

An EMP attack, as I detail in my new book Pulse Attack, is a nuclear detonation that occurs in the atmosphere and creates a waveform that can take down the electrical grid below.

In the worst case scenario, this wouldn’t just shut off the power for minutes or hours, but weeks or even months, due to serious damage to transformer stations and other integral elements of our power infrastructure.

This wouldn’t just mean we couldn’t turn on our laptops and televisions; it would shut down our telecommunications, transportation, water systems, our ability to get food to cities and much more.

Conventional wisdom tells us that North Korea would be incredibly reticent to live up to its threats of launching a missile strike, nuclear or otherwise, on South Korea, Guam, Japan or elsewhere because the retaliation from the United States would be immediate and ferocious, effectively destroying the country and killing all of its leadership.

However, if Kim Jong Un’s first strike is a successful EMP attack against North America, this would largely shut down the ability of the U.S. to respond. While some elements of U.S. military infrastructure have been hardened for resilience against an EMP strike, there is no standardization across the board. Plus, civilian infrastructure is hardly protected, if at all. The United States and Canada would be in the dark and sitting ducks.

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Have to take this story with a grain of salt, until the NK statements are verified.  Its written in the Opinion Section by a writer trying to sell his new book "Pulse" which is about EMPs.

[DB]

"However, if Kim Jong Un’s first strike is a successful EMP attack against North America, this would largely shut down the ability of the U.S. to respond."

Dead wrong. This article is worthless because the writer knows jack about what he's writing about.

[TomSea]

Even now, the situation seems to be in flux,  monitoring.

[stephen50right]

SOURCE: TORONTO SUN

URL:http://www.torontosun.com/2017/09/03/north-korea-openly-threatens-emp-attack-for-the-first-time-changing-the-game

By Anthony Furey,


The news Sunday morning that North Korea had launched what appeared to be its sixth nuclear test and most powerful one to date is troubling enough.

But a statement from the rogue regime took things to a whole new level. The North said it had tested an H-bomb that was “a multi-functional thermonuclear nuke with great destructive power which can be detonated at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack according to strategic goals.”

This is the first time it has publicly mentioned its interest and ability in an EMP attack, a devastating weapon that could have catastrophic consequences for North America, the West and their closer neighbours.

An EMP attack, as I detail in my new book Pulse Attack, is a nuclear detonation that occurs in the atmosphere and creates a waveform that can take down the electrical grid below.

In the worst case scenario, this wouldn’t just shut off the power for minutes or hours, but weeks or even months, due to serious damage to transformer stations and other integral elements of our power infrastructure.

This wouldn’t just mean we couldn’t turn on our laptops and televisions; it would shut down our telecommunications, transportation, water systems, our ability to get food to cities and much more.

Conventional wisdom tells us that North Korea would be incredibly reticent to live up to its threats of launching a missile strike, nuclear or otherwise, on South Korea, Guam, Japan or elsewhere because the retaliation from the United States would be immediate and ferocious, effectively destroying the country and killing all of its leadership.

However, if Kim Jong Un’s first strike is a successful EMP attack against North America, this would largely shut down the ability of the U.S. to respond. While some elements of U.S. military infrastructure have been hardened for resilience against an EMP strike, there is no standardization across the board. Plus, civilian infrastructure is hardly protected, if at all. The United States and Canada would be in the dark and sitting ducks.

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I'm glad you posted this because there are so many out there, including those on our side, who are ignorant about the potential devastation of an EMP attack.

Estimates are 100 million Americans dead within the first year, and it could be worse than that. Unless someone is living in a rural area, near fresh water, and can hunt, fish and farm for food, they they are in deep trouble. Normal suburbanites may survive if they stock up properly with the proper survival necessities. But I would have to believe that most living in the suburbs have little more than a few weeks worth of sustenance. If it's in the winter time with the cold, the death rate from freezing would be horrific.

In the urban areas, the death rate could be unimaginable for so many reasons. Think if you're out on business at a high rise building in a large city, and the electricity goes off, cars do not work, water cannot get pumped, vending machines will be smashed and stores quickly looted of all foodstuff. How are you going to get home? Walk many miles in your suit and business shoes without food or water? And even if you make it home, what further good does it do anyway, other than dying with your family.

The fact is we've become used to "modern civilization" and an EMP totally disrupts that. Rather than Obama handing out countless billions to his voting block of parasites, we should have been using that money and whatever else is needed to harden our electrical grid. And frankly, we had better begin doing it with a sense of urgency. Iran is developing an EMP weapon as well.

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"However, if Kim Jong Un’s first strike is a successful EMP attack against North America, this would largely shut down the ability of the U.S. to respond."

I don't wish to take away from the point of EMP devastation, but this scenario is militarily incorrect if that was implied. Our US Navy including of course submarines, would send North Korea back to the Hadean Eon.

[Free Vulcan]

This is the scenario that worries me most. Not only because of the damage it can do, but it's much easier for NK to pull off with their current capabilities.

Even one over the West coast would knock out a big enough chunk of the economy long enough to put us in a serious tailspin, as in depression. And a real one, not the last recession that the liberals tried to call a depression for political leverage.

[SirLinksALot]

"However, if Kim Jong Un’s first strike is a successful EMP attack against North America, this would largely shut down the ability of the U.S. to respond."

Dead wrong. This article is worthless because the writer knows jack about what he's writing about.

Can you explain to us, in as clear a layman's language as possible whey the writer is wrong on this? THANKS.

[Suppressed]

North Korea would be incredibly reticent to live up to its threats

Needs an editor, too.  Methinks he means "reluctant".

[the_doc]

Needs an editor, too.  Methinks he means "reluctant".

Right.  Kim Jong Fat Boy might be reticent (secretive) concerning his proposed military actions--but even that doesn't fit the article, since Kim Jong Fat Boy keeps making open threats.

[ABX]

"However, if Kim Jong Un’s first strike is a successful EMP attack against North America, this would largely shut down the ability of the U.S. to respond."

Dead wrong. This article is worthless because the writer knows jack about what he's writing about.

You are absolutely right. The military has been hardening their assets since the 1960s when the real scale of EMP damage has been known (Starfish Prime). While the civilian population will be drastically harmed, it will not shut down our ability to respond.

[ABX]

Can you explain to us, in as clear a layman's language as possible whey the writer is wrong on this? THANKS.

Lookup Starfish Prime. The military has been hardening assets since the 1960s. An EMP would hurt a lot, but not our ability to retaliate.

[Oceander]

Even if the article is only partially true, all the more reason to take out Lil Kim now and decapitate the regime. 

[the_doc]

Lookup Starfish Prime. The military has been hardening assets since the 1960s. An EMP would hurt a lot, but not our ability to retaliate.

Hurt a lot?  Yeah--like destroy the US as we know it.  (North Korea might fare better than us even if we retaliated--as we surely could and would.  Kim Jong Fat Boy may be smarter than we think he is.  He may be counting on that scenario if he really has an EMP capability.  It's a weird scenario of asymmetric warfare.) 

[the_doc]

Lookup Starfish Prime. The military has been hardening assets since the 1960s. An EMP would hurt a lot, but not our ability to retaliate.

The problem with an EMP is that it is perhaps the nastiest of all asymmetric warfare scenarios.  Even though we could and would retaliate, we would probably lose the war if the Norks' EMP works as expected against our civilian population.  That's hard for some to believe, but I'm afraid that it's true. 

I'll bet that this is precisely what Kim Jong Fat Boy is banking on.  He likely believes that he can win the asymmetric war if we fail to shoot down his ICBM.  He may be crazy for hating America so much as to get millions of his people killed, but he won't care--if he survives personally and also kills a couple hundred million Americans.  So, he may not be crazy in quite the way we think he is.  His only problem is  the prospect that his ICBM doesn't reach us (e.g., if we can destroy his ICBM and we then retaliate against the Norks' failed attempt).

[NavyCanDo]

Lookup Starfish Prime. The military has been hardening assets since the 1960s. An EMP would hurt a lot, but not our ability to retaliate.

Not to mention Aircraft Carreers in the area, subs, and heavy bombers not stationed on U.S. soil, any of which could destroy NK many times over. Not doubting that Kim's not crazy enough to do it....because he is. But before the sun goes down on EMP +1, NK is no more.

[TomSea]

Unfortunately, their personnel and maybe some weapons stores are underground. It might be a bit like the battle of Peleliu to hit some of that.