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Of late, I keep reading more articles on the subject of Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) weapons and how devastating they are. EMP’s for some reason have become something akin to the Boogey Man. EMP’s are great as story lines in books and movies, but from both a personal and professional stand point EMP’s are at the very bottom of my list of things I need to worry about when it comes to preparing. Why? Because it doesn’t pass the common sense test! Its not that I don’t think they work or anything of that nature, its that the juice ain’t worth the squeeze!
We are talking about one of the most sophisticated weapons on the earth. Saddam Hussein spent hundreds of millions of dollars and years trying to create a nuclear device and couldn’t. Sure, some rogue nation could sell one to a bunch of bad guys, but what do you think the price tag would be for such an item? And, you wouldn’t want it traced back to you. Or, one could be stolen, right. Yep, completely plausible. On both accounts you have to have someone or a group of people, with specialize knowledge that can set this thing up. I’m assuming its not as easy as putting the red wire into the red plug and the black wire into the black plug. Then, we have to drive it to a port and ship this thing to the states by boat. Of course we will bypass any and all security measures. Now we are in the states with this thing, so which city do we go for? New York City, the city, which has become the de facto place that represents all things American. How big is this thing anyways? To get the most bang for our buck we have to detonate this thing up high, maybe the roof of a building. Unfortunately, the other buildings would reduce the effects…a plane. We have to rent a cargo plane and a couple of pilots to fly us over the city and some poor schmuck has to be on board to set it off. The more you talk through it the less and less plausible it all sounds.
Who knows what the effects would be or if it would even work! There are so many variables. It does make for a good story line, but the facts are that the bad guys are constrained by the same things that you and I are, which is money, resources, logistics, personnel, time and so on. There are much simpler, cheaper and more effective ways to create devastation and havoc than though the use of a complicated EMP.
I understand that some individuals are concerned about nuclear war, if that’s the case then an EMP would be the last of your worries. So before you go out and spend some money to build a Faraday cage, think about it.
Thanks
Security Guy
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A solar storm could be an emp lite.
I’m with you on this one. I’m much more concerned that grocery prices will keep going up and the crime rate too.
I totally agree that “EMP” is low on the list of things to worry about. But in the article you impled that an nuclear bomb was just as low on the list. I disagree. The questions are where and when. My answer is: Israel if they can get it into the country, Europe as a second choice with the U.S. a tie for second choice. NYCity would top the list along with DC but don’t rule out a much easier target like Dallas or Phoenix. As to when; Soon. As soon as they can get one, and make no mistake there are billions being funneled to terrorists groups. I believe the U.S. government puts this risk at the top of their list.
Just saw this video, interesting…. be sure to watch Part 2 that comes up in related vids at the end of part 1.
http://sites.google.com/site/americansnetworkingtosurvive/emp
While I agree that an EMP event is ‘unlikely’, it is my worst nightmare, therefore it is the framework for my preps. Everything else that is survivable pales in comparison. This is what drives me to prepare. The old rubric of prepare for the worst and hope for the best applies here.
That disagreement aside, I learn a ton from your blog, thank you!
http://www.everydaysurvivalguy.com
It isn’t at the bottom of the list for the government. They have done a pretty extensive study on it. I’ve got the PDF and it’s not pretty.
I gotta say though it’s unlikely. About as unlikely as:
1. terrorists coming in to the US,
2. getting trained on commercial airliners
3. Successfully hijacking 4 flights almost simultaneously
4. flying all of them into both World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon and some other target (the white house?) and hitting 3 out of 4 targets and toppling both WTC towers.
Really, what are the odds of that?
I’m honestly speechless. I don’t know how you people are in such denial about this topic. An EMP hit is GOING TO HAPPEN. You’s need to get your head out of the sand and face reality. I realize that we don’t know when it’s going to happen- but that’s why we need to prepare for it. A guy named Reza Kahlili was undercover in Iran for the CIA and he knows everything that they plan to do. He’s going to be talking about it on a radio show this Wednesday. I strongly urge you guys to listen to this. It’s a scary topic, but you’s need to prepare. I hope you listen to it and get the information you need about this- here’s the link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/empact-radio/2011/07/27/pvp59-two-guests–reza-kahlili-and-fred-fleitz
I appreciate your comments.