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Who’s buying: An EMP attack by North Korea could shut down the US power grid and kill '90%
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:05 am
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:05 am
Daily mail link below:
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Who here buys that 90% of Americans would be killed within a year of having no electricity?
Those in a hospital or hose neeeding drugs that can’t be produced I get. But 90% come on man.
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Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:07 am to Covingtontiger77
The 90% part is bullshite.
Noko busting our grid is 100% possible.
Or at least Homeland is telling Emergency Planners it's possible.
Noko busting our grid is 100% possible.
Or at least Homeland is telling Emergency Planners it's possible.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:09 am to Covingtontiger77
I’m having trouble buying that the North Koreans have a delivery system and a nuke reliable enough to pull off such an attack.
They may launch missiles and attempt to set off bombs to cause the pulse but their track record is spotty at best. And if they try and fail, the return fire from us will likely ensure they don’t get another chance.
They may launch missiles and attempt to set off bombs to cause the pulse but their track record is spotty at best. And if they try and fail, the return fire from us will likely ensure they don’t get another chance.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:10 am to Covingtontiger77
You can't EMP the entire U.S., especially North Korea.
An EMP on a major city would have the same effect as a pretty bad natural disaster. And while that city was recovering as electrical components are being restored North Korea is being made of glass.
An EMP on a major city would have the same effect as a pretty bad natural disaster. And while that city was recovering as electrical components are being restored North Korea is being made of glass.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:11 am to Covingtontiger77
Nah, Tesla would deliver battery packs to all of the liberal bastions so that would save more than 10%. They better hope he's better at delivering on those than he is with delivering promised vehicle figures though.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:13 am to GumboPot
It would take a series of EMPs to do it, likely targeting LA, NYC, and possibly somewhere like Chicago.
And even then, they would still be banking on the fact that a huge grid goes down to cause a cascade taking out a region of the US such as the northeast blackout of the mid-2000s.
And even then, they would still be banking on the fact that a huge grid goes down to cause a cascade taking out a region of the US such as the northeast blackout of the mid-2000s.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:13 am to Covingtontiger77
Some people can't live of the land. Imagine there are no grocery stores, shortage of gas.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:13 am to teke184
not me and i posted why in the other thread.
it would take many hits across the country to do so. all 3 grids are seperated by a ac/dc/ac interconnect and if one gets trashed the other two will be fine and will be able to transmit power to the failed system until generation there can be restored.
one or two EMP can trash a local chunk of a grid but will not and cannot take down an entire grid.
it would take many hits across the country to do so. all 3 grids are seperated by a ac/dc/ac interconnect and if one gets trashed the other two will be fine and will be able to transmit power to the failed system until generation there can be restored.
one or two EMP can trash a local chunk of a grid but will not and cannot take down an entire grid.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:15 am to Covingtontiger77
Not buying it. Even if an EMP was successful in knocking out a major portion or all of our electrical grid, many who were raised in South LA and the South in general who hunt/fish etc. will do just fine IMO. Lots of small farmers and people who could easily if required be self sufficient.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:17 am to bamarep
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Noko busting our grid is 100% possible.
Not quite. They could damage small portions of the grid but widescale damage is not possible. They only way they can take down the grid is if they nuked the entirety of the USA at once.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:23 am to Covingtontiger77
Is there even a viable delivery system (non-nuke) for an effective EMP attack?
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:39 am to Covingtontiger77
The key to and effective emp attack, besides the nuke is the hight of the explosion above the US. Hundreds of miles above the US, I think we have a good shot of knocking down a limited number of incoming ICBMs.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:42 am to Covingtontiger77
Posted on 10/16/17 at 9:52 am to Covingtontiger77
Popular Mechanics calls bullshite as well.
The most important part of the article...
I added the underline and bold emphasis.
The most important part of the article...
quote:
Back to The Hill article, which claims an EMP attack by North Korea would kill "9 of 10 Americans by starvation and societal collapse." The first clue that something is amiss with this claim is that, if you trace the link provided in the article, it cites the words of Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, who describes a novel he had read called One Second After.
Bartlett was so spooked by this novel that after he left Congress he moved into the woods and became a survivalist, where he spends his days "cutting logs, tending gardens and painting walls." And just to be clear, the claim that North Korea could kill 90 percent of the American people was directly pulled from a science fiction novel.
I added the underline and bold emphasis.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 10:00 am to Bard
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The claim that North Korea could kill 90 percent of the American people was literally pulled from a science fiction novel
Posted on 10/16/17 at 10:02 am to Covingtontiger77
Those with stock interest in the MiC and idiots.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 10:38 am to Friscodog
quote:
Even if an EMP was successful in knocking out a major portion or all of our electrical grid, many who were raised in South LA and the South in general who hunt/fish etc. will do just fine IMO. Lots of small farmers and people who could easily if required be self sufficient.
Not when everyone and everyone's brother is trying find a food source. Not to mention just getting to a spot to fish or hunt will be an issue since your vehicle's electronics would be fried. The few folks that live in extremely rural areas that are already somewhat self sufficient may be better off for a little while. I dont think NK is capable of doing damage on a nationwide scale but if the entire power grid was knocked out by some event no I dont think anyone would be fine for long.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 10:44 am to Covingtontiger77
Which is it?
They can not lob a missile past Japan?
They can send a nuclear payload into outer fricking space?
Big difference.
They can not lob a missile past Japan?
They can send a nuclear payload into outer fricking space?
Big difference.
Posted on 10/16/17 at 10:49 am to Rougarou13
The fear is them launching this off a submarine
Posted on 10/16/17 at 10:52 am to cajunangelle
quote:Most folks I know would be lost trying to get by. They're lost after a 'cane when power goes out.
Some people can't live of the land. Imagine there are no grocery stores, shortage of gas
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