THE EMP THREAT – AT 8:29 A.M. ET:   We have had warnings of an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) attack on the U.S. for about two decades, yet it's hardly on the political radar screen.  Such an attack, in which an enemy explodes a nuclear device high above America, could destroy power grids, computer networks and electrical installations, paralyzing the United States and leading, in the worst case, to mass starvation and death.  From WND: 

WASHINGTON – A long-suppressed report prepared by the Department of Homeland Security for the Defense Department concludes that North Korea could deliver on its threats to destroy the United States with a nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack.

The report remains blocked from release to the American public.

However, a copy obtained by Peter Vincent Pry from sources within DHS finds North Korea could use its Unha-3 space launch vehicle to deliver a nuclear warhead as a satellite over the South Pole to attack the U.S. from the south.

Pry, executive director of the congressional advisory Task Force on National and Homeland Security, pointed out that the U.S. “has no early warning radars or interceptors” to stop a missile from the south.

Pry also was the staff director to the congressionally mandated EMP commission, which concluded that the damage from either a natural or man-made EMP event on the nation’s unprotected electrical grid would have a cascading impact on life-sustaining critical infrastructures as well as electronic components and automated control systems.

Along with the electrical grid system, the critical infrastructures include telecommunications, banking, finance, petroleum and natural gas pipelines, transportation, food and water delivery, emergency services and space systems.

COMMENT:  There are some nuclear experts who believe that Iran's real intent in developing a nuclear weapon is to launch an EMP attack on this country.  Yet, very little is being done about the threat.  It's just not something Americans think about every day, and the Obama administration is hardly a source of any sense of urgency.

April 10,  2014