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January 22, 2019—Update 1989-90 Brilliant Pebbles Studies!

by Henry F. Cooper on January 21, 2019 in Brilliant Pebbles, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Missile Defense Review, SDI, Space Based Interceptors, Space Force Initiative

Brilliant Pebbles, the most important Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) concept from President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), entered a fully approved Concept Development and Validation (DemVal) program in 1990, anticipated to cost $20 billion (in today’s dollars) to begin deployment in space within five years and operate for 20 years. Current “powers that be” should make sure new studies take that definitive effort into account support President Trump’s Space Force initiative. Read Full Story

January 15, 2019—Lake Wylie Pilot Study Lessons

by Henry F. Cooper on January 14, 2019 in Duke Energy, EMP, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Lake Wylie, Rock Hill, SC EMP Protection, South Carolina, Texas

We plan to share lessons learned in our Lake Wylie Pilot Study throughout South and North Carolina and then to the rest of the nation. Yesterday’s discussions in Austin, Texas set the stage sharing those lessons outside the southeast; in this case outside the Eastern Interconnection of the Nation’s electric power grid. Since Texas has its own Interconnection, lessons learned in Texas will benefit the Eastern and Western Interconnections of the nation’s grid. Read Full Story

January 8, 2019—Brilliant Pebbles Is Affordable!

by Henry F. Cooper on January 7, 2019 in Brilliant Pebbles, Clementine, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, SDI, Space Based Interceptors, Space Defense

Brilliant Pebbles, the most important Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) concept developed by President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), was canceled by the Clinton Administration for ideological reasons and has been ignored ever since. If resurrected by President Trump’s Space Force and supported by Congress, it could begin deployment in space within five years and operate for 20 years for a total cost of $20 billion or less. Read Full Story

December 31, 2018—Happy New Year!

by Henry F. Cooper on December 31, 2018 in EMP, Happy New Year, High Frontier, Space

Our two New Year’s resolutions for 2019 are: 1) To complete our Lake Wylie Pilot Study and begin exporting its lessons for protecting the electric grid throughout South and North Carolina and report our progress to the rest of the nation; and 2) To press for a Brilliant Pebbles space based interceptor system to be… Read Full Story

December 25, 2018—A Blessed Christmas Past!

by Henry F. Cooper on December 21, 2018 in Christmas, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier

This famous “Earth Rise” picture was taken by the astronauts of Apollo 8, who entered orbit around the Moon on Christmas Eve, 1968—fifty years ago. This famous picture reminds us of those far from home, who should be remembered on this Christmas morning. And it is appropriate as we again consider returning to space in a serious way, now potentially to support a Space Force to conduct military operations, with much more advanced technology. Read Full Story

December 18, 2018—Address EMP Vulnerabilities from the Bottom-up!

by Henry F. Cooper on December 17, 2018 in Duke Energy, EMP, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Lake Wylie, Rock Hill, SC EMP Protection, South Carolina

Washington has been dysfunctional in at best limited efforts to protect the American people from existential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats from Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and even terrorists that somehow obtain a nuclear weapon, launch it from a vessel off our coast and detonate it at high altitude over the United States. Read Full Story

December 11, 2018— Whatever Happened to Bush-41’s SDI Vision of the Future?

by Henry F. Cooper on December 11, 2018 in Boris Yeltsin, Brilliant Pebbles, Bush-41, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, SDI

“George H.W. Bush was America’s closer. Called in to pitch the final innings of the Cold War, Bush 41 presided masterfully over the fall of the Berlin Wall, the unification of Germany, the liberation of 100 million Eastern Europeans and the dissolution of the Soviet Union into 15 independent nations. History’s assignment complete, Bush 41 was retired. And what happened to the world he left behind?” ~Patrick Buchannan, December 6, 2018 Read Full Story

December 4, 2018— President George H.W. Bush’s Unheralded SDI Legacy

by Henry F. Cooper on December 3, 2018 in Brilliant Pebbles, Bush-41, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, SDI

Few if any of those recalling the important contributions of former President George H.W. Bush over the past few days have mentioned his memorable, at least to me, contribution to enabling the ballistic missile defense (BMD) capabilities we have today. Read Full Story

November 27, 2018—North Korea’s Rattling Cages Again … and Iran?

by Henry F. Cooper on November 26, 2018 in EMP, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Iran, North Korea

Recent articles report that North Korea is planning not to give up all its nuclear arsenal; and that the communist government has revealed plans to use the weapons to launch EMP attacks to dismantle technology and computers in the blast area. And then there’s new evidence that Iran has been building nuclear weapons. Surprise… Read Full Story

November 20, 2018—Give Thanks for our Heritage!

by Henry F. Cooper on November 19, 2018 in Brilliant Pebbles, Electric Power Grid, EMP, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, SDI, SpaceX, Thanksgiving

Pause to give thanks for all our blessings, and the lessons learned from those who came before us, and recommit to keeping this land free and prosperous for those who follow us. Memories give us a context for seeing and meeting our opportunities to leave this land better than we found it — and with the help of the Sovereign of the Universe, so may it be . . . Read Full Story