There are 12,000 nuclear weapons in the world. Just 4 of them can destroy the United StatesThese realities are likely well known to military strategists in Russia, China, and North Korea. However, it appears that the US government operates under the illusion of invincibility, threatening others by actively seeking nuclear primacy and counterforce nuclear first-strike capabilities, while simultaneously instigating and supporting conflicts world-wide to sustain its empireProfessor Steven Starr has written a compelling scenario and analysis of a fictitious EMP attack on the United States' power grids and critical national infrastructure. For easy reading on "X", I have replicated the major parts of his article in the thread belowPlease also check the complete article incl. all supporting references, Source:https://sonar21.com/an-emp-attack-on-the-u-s-power-grids-and-critical-national-infrastructure/…
A 100-kiloton nuclear warhead suddenly explodes 100 miles above Dallas, Texas. Two minutes later, identical nuclear warheads explode over Las Vegas, Nevada, and Columbus, Ohio. Then a fourth and larger 800-kiloton warhead explodes over the southern Yucatan PeninsulaThe location of these three high-altitude nuclear detonations did not have to be precise – detonations over other eastern and western locations (over Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama, or Seattle and Los Angeles) would produce very similar results.
But the detonations must occur above the Earth’s atmosphere and during the darkest hours of the night. The altitude of 106 miles and extreme weather conditions were chosen to maximize the destructive effects of the EMP.The electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) produced by the first three nuclear detonations will act to almost instantly destroy the solid-state electronics that control the operation of most U.S. critical national infrastructure – including the Emergency Power Systems and active Emergency Core Cooling Systems of 26 commercial nuclear reactors
A 100-kiloton nuclear warhead suddenly explodes 100 miles above Dallas, Texas. Two minutes later, identical nuclear warheads explode over Las Vegas, Nevada, and Columbus, Ohio. Then a fourth and larger 800-kiloton warhead explodes over the southern Yucatan PeninsulaThe location of these three high-altitude nuclear detonations did not have to be precise – detonations over other eastern and western locations (over Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Alabama, or Seattle and Los Angeles) would produce very similar results.
But the detonations must occur above the Earth’s atmosphere and during the darkest hours of the night. The altitude of 106 miles and extreme weather conditions were chosen to maximize the destructive effects of the EMP.The electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) produced by the first three nuclear detonations will act to almost instantly destroy the solid-state electronics that control the operation of most U.S. critical national infrastructure – including the Emergency Power Systems and active Emergency Core Cooling Systems of 26 commercial nuclear reactors
