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May 28, 2013 – Potpourri: Countering an Existential Threat To All We Hold Dear

May 28, 2013 – Potpourri: Countering an Existential Threat To All We Hold Dear

Supporters have urged High Frontier to publish a summary report of its important messages during the past six months. This message is, in effect, a first draft framework—a collection several previous messages on the existential threat of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack and what we might do to counter it. We have provided a printed version to friends for whom we have no email address—hopefully they will also join our social media family to get our more frequent emails. This version, provided to those for whom we do have email addresses is preferable to the written version because it provides links to referenced reports and papers—to support additional study. All criticisms are welcome! Read Full Story

May 21, 2013 – About that “Red Line” …

May 21, 2013 – About that “Red Line” …

The U.S. should join Israel to demand that Iran not cross a critical “Red Line” in achieving nuclear weapons—especially those that can be launched on ballistic missiles to threaten America with an existential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. Both the U.S. and Iran must be prepared to back up such a declaratory policy. Read Full Story

May 14, 2013—The Dog Not Barking

May 14, 2013—The Dog Not Barking

In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Silver Blaze, Sherlock Holmes solved a mystery by noticing that the “watch dog did not bark” while the family slept and the crime was being committed. Just so, we may not avert a calamity if we do not in time take note of “the dog not barking” in the current search for counters to existential threats to all we hold dear. Read Full Story