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June 13, 2017—Lights Out?

by Henry F. Cooper on June 12, 2017 in Aegis, Aegis BMD, EMP, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Lake Wylie, North Korea

Analysts who write off the possibility of a nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack from North Korea as “unlikely” and “science fiction” because they believe the 10 to 20 kiloton nuclear weapons currently possessed by North Korea are incapable of making an effective EMP attack, dismiss the consensus view of “EMP experts who have advanced degrees in physics and electrical engineering along with several decades of experience in the field — with access to classified data throughout that time — and who have conducted EMP tests on a wide variety of electronic systems, beginning in 1963.” ~ Dr. William R. Graham, President Reagan’s Science Advisor and current Chairman of the EMP Commission. Read Full Story

June 6, 2017—Too Little, Too Late?

by Henry F. Cooper on June 5, 2017 in Aegis, Aegis BMD, EMP, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, North Korea

USAF General John Hyten, Commander of United States Strategic Command, testified on May 9th that North Korea now has the range capability to strike the United States with a ballistic missile. “It is a matter of physics and math.” DIA Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart testified on May 23rd that the only hurdle left for it to attack the U.S with nuclear weapons is finding a way for its ballistic missile to re-enter the atmosphere, which he said is “really a matter of enough trial and error to make that work . . . They understand the physics, so it’s just a matter of design.” Read Full Story

May 30, 2016—Time Out . . . Remember!

by Henry F. Cooper on May 29, 2017 in Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Memorial Day

“We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we’ve done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives, and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in, and otherwise we have returned home to seek our own, you know, to seek our own lives in peace, to live our own lives in peace.” Then Secretary of State Colin Powell, 2003 Read Full Story

May 23, 2017—On the Road Again!

by Henry F. Cooper on May 23, 2017 in al-Sisi, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Trump

President Trump is on a historic nine-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, Brussels for meetings with leaders of NATO and the European Union and Italy for meetings with the G-7, leaders from seven major industrial democracies . . . laying out important policies that will underpin his national, foreign and economic policies, especially in the Middle East and in defeating Islamic terrorism. Read Full Story

May 16, 2017—Worse Case: North Korea or Iran?

by Henry F. Cooper on May 16, 2017 in China, Congress, EMP, Grid, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Iran, North Korea

“. . . Congress should look at EMP attacks as one of the three great threats to our survival, the other two being cyber warfare and nuclear weapons. And they should regard all three as catastrophic. For us to survive as a civilization we have to be able to defeat all three . . . [Not to do so is] gambling with our civilization . . . ” Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich at the May 4, 2017 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Hearing on EMP and Policy Options to Protect the Grid. Read Full Story

May 9, 2017—Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte

by Henry F. Cooper on May 9, 2017 in Congress, EMP, Grid, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier

“I appreciate the urging that we not let our guard down … recognizing that this [threat] is complicated and multifaceted … truly daunting … and that we need to start out locally … It is important that we in congress be reminded of the urgency and imperative of our task and I think we were given that message this morning. ” Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Chairlady of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at the conclusion of a Hearing on EMP and policy options to protect the grid. Read Full Story

April 25, 2017—Solar Storm Warning . . . or More?

by Henry F. Cooper on April 24, 2017 in Cyber, EMP, GMD, Grid, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Iran, North Korea, Solar Storms

The recent nearly concurrent East and West Coast shutdown of widely dispersed elements of the national grid should give us pause — and encourage a more serious consideration of the existential threat posed by an orchestrated hostile attack on our national electric grid. Read Full Story

April 18, 2017—“Deep in the Heart of Texas!”

by Henry F. Cooper on April 17, 2017 in Bob Hall, China, EMP, Grid, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Iran, Lake Wylie, North Korea, Texas, Trump

“Only air and water are more important to sustain life than electrical power.” ~ Texas District 2 State Senator Bob Hall Read Full Story

April 11, 2017—“What We Don’t Know . . .”

by Henry F. Cooper on April 10, 2017 in China, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Trump

“It’s ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble; it’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” ~ Mark Twain Read Full Story

April 4, 2017—Pending World Disaster?

by Henry F. Cooper on April 3, 2017 in China, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Iran, North Korea, Russia, SDI, Trump

“The best swordsman in the world doesn’t need to fear the second best swordsman in the world; no, the person for him to be afraid of is some ignorant antagonist who has never had a sword in his hand before; he doesn’t do the thing he ought to do, and so the expert isn’t prepared for him; he does the thing he ought not to do; and often it catches the expert out and ends him on the spot.” ~ Mark Twain (1835-1910) Read Full Story