The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a new report warning about a “potential” electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack against the U.S.
DHS’s warning published Thur. (Sept. 2), or about 60 days until the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3, indicates there are “evolving threats against the American homeland, most recently highlighting efforts to combat an Electromagnetic Pulse attack which could disrupt the electrical grid and potentially damage electronics.”
The department released an EMP status report via the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) that said the “key actions to address known EMP-related vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure.”
CISA said an EMP attack could “disrupt, degrade, and damage technology” embedded in critical infrastructure systems. Widespread blackouts could be seen if an EMP was to damage the nation’s electrical grid, resulting in additional flare-ups of socio-economic turmoil.
“EMP attacks are part of the emerging threats against our nation and demand a response,” said Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli.
“That is why DHS is taking these contingencies very seriously, working diligently to mitigate our risks and equipping our state and local partners with the resources they need to do the same. We’ve made significant progress and look forward to work ahead,” Cuccinelli said.
CISA Director Chris Krebs said top priorities of the agency is to mitigate threats associated with EMPs:
“Over the past year, we have worked with interagency and industry partners to identify the footprint and effects of EMP threats across our National Critical Functions, and are developing sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective approaches to improving the Nation’s resilience to EMPs,” Krebs said.
To combat these emerging threats, President Trump signed an executive order in March 2019, delegating power to the White House for EMP preparedness.
We recently quoted Peter Vincent Pry, ex-chief of staff of the Congressional EMP Commission, who wrote an op-ed that said the virus pandemic from China has “exposed dangerous weaknesses in U.S. planning and preparation for civil defense protection and recovery, and those weaknesses surely have been noticed by our potential enemies: China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, and international terrorists.”
Pry warned that “China has been planning to defeat the U.S. with an EMP and cyber “Pearl Harbor” attack for a quarter-century.”
DHS nor CISA gave any more information on ‘evolving EMP threats’ on the American homeland. There was not mention of whether the threat could be from a solar storm or EMP weapons. However, the EMP status report did mention DHS is currently running EMP pilot tests to assess EMP vulnerability on infrastructure:
“Finally, DHS is partnering with other federal departments and agencies, state, local, tribal, and territorial entities and the private sector to field test a more resilient critical infrastructure. There are a number of field demonstration (or pilot) projects planned and underway by both DHS and DOE to assess EMP vulnerability and then deploy, evaluate, and validate EMP mitigation and protection technologies.
“One such pilot is the San Antonio Electromagnetic Defense Initiative, designed to show how an entire region can become resilient against an EMP. These pilots are multisector, multifunction efforts, seeking to ensure key capabilities continue to function in a post EMP environment and that by maintaining those key functions we can expedite a full recovery. Working with federal interagency partners, DHS will play a major role in ensuring communications systems remain operational and, by ensuring key systems which are protected against EMP, are also protected against other threats such as cyber-attacks.” – EMP status report
One EMP-expert and friend-of-the-site summed up the report perfectly:
“We recognize the threat and we’re working on it and you don’t need to know any more than that, thank you for asking…”
The warning comes just two months before the U.S. presidential election…
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/dhs-braces-potential-emp-attack-presidential-election-nears
Oh boy, COVID-19 is coming to an end.
On to the next threat!
What a joke.
Please stay in constant fight or flight mode … or we’ll beat it into you
Stay tuned for the next rabbit out of the hat
Next !!!
Exactly.
Thanks for telling us your next play for the” darkest winter every”
Actually, shouldn’t they be talking about TSA and the annual September 11 fear propaganda since it’s this Friday?
I think they jumped ahead on this one a little too early.
Don’t they know the yearly September 11 fear propaganda trumps all? (No pun intended)
What do you expect, it’s the government. They can’t even manage their own fear porn correctly.
ok Trenches.. moat of y’all know how i feel about many things.. i do not believe in nuclear weapons. i do not believe in satellites in orbit. i do not believe north korea has satellites passing over the US every 25mins.. whatevet BUT even if all that was true and real you can absolutely bet your life and your children’s lives on this.. if an EMP attack occurs it will simply be 100pct our govt that does it. no Russia no Syrian Electronic Army no China no Korea no Iran! just think back on the old Batman tv show where everything had a poster board name for everything in the cave.. now picture a big ass light switch with a card that says LIGHTS. i like to picture it with 4 guys hanging on it cause it’s so big.. but anyway.. there are NO terrorists outside of govts. there are NO OUTSIDE THREATS to this nation. (well.. other than that pisshole in the desert.. but they’re inside the gates already) when that smart guy said the US will only be conquered from within.. he might not have known how right he was. it is imperative that you know in your heart and soul that whoever they blame it on will be a lie!! oh.. and you can confirm that when yourealize that the govt will remain fully functional.. completely unaffected by the EMP … “ATTACK”. that’s all the proof you need. do NOT buy into whatever 19 boxcutters story they try to tell us. also have a secondary plan of escape because a real EMP may disable your vehicle computer. we may have to hoof it. picture that opening scene of Atlanta outbound on The Walking Dead. be ready people. we will go to 1850 in 1 second. have a family plan for that eventuality. i love you all. this is the biggest of all big deals. take it very seriously.
Yeah, they always have another bogeyman waiting to torment and terrorize. It’s getting pretty boring. I’d look away if only we weren’t in the fight of our lives. And Morris, thanks for the love; right back at cha.
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As much as it would suck. It would be a blessing to have the system shut down. All their sheeple would be cut off from the propaganda and would actually prove how little they can think for them selves.
No one gets out alive. Most never live.