Threat of EMP strike on the United States is very real according to one expert

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Important Takeaways:

  • EMP is generated when a small nuclear weapon, 40 to 60 kilotons or about three times the size of a Hiroshima bomb, is detonated 200 miles out in space above the United States. It sets up an electrostatic discharge, or compton effect, which cascades to the Earth’s surface, feeds into critical infrastructure and cripples the U.S. electrical grid.
  • Military historian and expert on EMPs William Forstchen said it’s a serious issue for the country.
  • “This is a very real threat,” said Forstchen. “It’s scary to realize too that almost all of our electricity is pumped on systems that are 30 and 40 years old.”
  • Congressional reports from 2002 and 2008 stated that 80%-90% of Americans would be dead a year later from an EMP strike.
  • “Estimates are that three small weapons like this in the eastern, central and western United States would short off most of the electrical grid,” Forstchen explained.
  • Forstchen suggests that the U.S. – and everyday Americans – prepare for the “existential threat” of such an attack.
  • “Second, we need a missile defense system that will protect the United States.”
  • Since becoming President, Trump has ordered the construction of an advanced missile defense shield similar to Israel’s Iron Dome.
  • “Every American citizen should take this seriously and prepare a little bit with a month or two worth of emergency supplies on hand,” said Forstchen.

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