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Originally Posted by Parker
I've recently learned about the potential of either an EMP bomb (electromagnetic pulse bomb), or a significant solar flare, to totally disrupt our society by completely disrupting our power grid for a very long period of time. It would eliminate all electrical power, so NO communications or operating cars or refrigerators or water/sewage treatment plants or food distribution or medicines or deliveries of anything to anywhere.
Reportedly, this is entirely possible, by either a normal action of the sun or by an EMP bomb set off in the atmosphere over mid-America. Such a bomb exists and is available to unfriendly irresponsible countries who only need launching capabilities.
My question is, what would you do in this event? I'm thinking many of us would die in a very short period of time. I'm also thinking that this is a forum of well-educated, bright people who know things. Please enlighten me.
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EMP is a low probability but high impact threat in the event it happens. The simple way to summarize the consequences of a successful EMP attack is the US would be transformed overnight into a mid-19th century economy ... ie no electricity at least not on the same massive and reliable scale as we currently enjoy (and take for granted too I might add)
The most likely perpetrator of a an EMP attack IMHO is Iran. The tactic would be to load a small missile each onboard several tramp steamers in a covert manner, get the ships somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys etc and launch 3 or 4 to take out the Great Satan. They would go for a high atmospheric bursts.
The other implication of a an EMP attack is pretty much instant WWWIII ... ie no matter who the president is (left or right) there would absolutely be some type of nuclear retaliatory attack, even if we weren't sure who launched the EMP. It simply could not go unanswered.