Category Archives: Iran

September 9, 2020—Iran’s Long-Ignored Existential EMP Threat Now Explicit! So What?

September 9, 2020—Iran’s Long-Ignored Existential EMP Threat Now Explicit! So What?

“By sending a military satellite into space, Iran now has shown that it can target all American territory; the Iranian parliament had previously warned [the US] that an electromagnetic nuclear attack on the United States would likely kill 90 percent of Americans.” ~ Afkar News article in Farsi, “American Soil Is Now Within the Range of Iranian Bombs” [Emphasis added.] Read Full Story

March 24, 2020—Unanticipated COVID-19 Grid Vulnerabilities!

March 24, 2020—Unanticipated COVID-19 Grid Vulnerabilities!

Little public attention has been paid to the vital role of electricity to America’s ability to confront the growing COVID-19 pandemic — and to assuring viable operations of the electric power grid through this stressful time. Not only are there external threats to our ability to assure this capability, the pandemic itself could cause cascading failure of the grid, leading to numerous fatalities. Read Full Story

March 17, 2020—COVID-19: Grid Vulnerabilities?

March 17, 2020—COVID-19: Grid Vulnerabilities?

The source of COVID-19, without exaggeration, was in Wuhan, China, justifying some to refer to it as the Wuhan or China coronavirus, notwithstanding claims of some that such a label is racist. Moreover, we should be wary of the rapid pace at which COVID-19 may expand in the United States and the possibilities of unanticipated consequences. Read Full Story

January 7, 2020—Changing Course in a Still Dangerous Iran

January 7, 2020—Changing Course in a Still Dangerous Iran

Politically charged reports of the attack that killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and the Iraqi Militia commander have largely ignored its response to important historical facts, last week’s Iranian attack that killed an American and wounded four soldiers and intelligence reports of pending threatened additional Iranian attacks on Americans. And hopefully that President Trump’s consequential decision has changed the dynamics in the Middle East in a positive way. Read Full Story