“U.S. missile defense against North Korea are not postured to shoot down North Korean missile tests . . . Shooting down North Korean missiles that fall within the defended areas of these systems, such as the Japanese and U.S. homelands, would be challenging enough.”~ Kingston Reif, director of Disarmament and Threat Reduction policy at the Arms Control Association On Fox News, September 18, 2017 . . . If so, shame on us! Read Full Story
“Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the heathen. I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of Hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.” Psalm 46: 10-11 KJV Read Full Story
Yesterday, High Frontier formally applauded Secretary Perry’s directive to have 90-days fuel reserves at key points in the nation’s electric power grid as an important first step, but emphasized much more is needed to assure the grid is viable under the full complement of existential threats, including massive solar storms and electromagnetic pulse (EMP), cyber and physical attacks. Read Full Story
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result . . . Attributed to Albert Einstein and others … Keep that thought in mind as you read my message this week. Read Full Story
“[O]ur nation as a whole has not looked at EMP, we have not looked at the critical infrastructure that could be damaged by EMP, and we need to take a step back and look at that entire threat because it is a realistic threat.” ~ USAF General John E. Hyten, Commander of U.S. Strategic Command Read Full Story
“Whether it’s 3-months or 6-months or 18-months, it is soon, and we ought to conduct ourselves as it is just a matter of time, and a matter of very short time, before North Korea has that capability. . . . ” Marine General Joe Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Read Full Story
The EMP Commission which has served with distinction since 2002 will be abolished by Congress unless reversed by the Conferees for National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2018!!! Meanwhile, Congress is leaving town . . . again . . . Read Full Story
To follow, for your interest, is a public letter that Ambassador Cooper and 44 other national secuirty experts sent Thursday to President Trump regarding U.S. policy on the nuclear deal with Iran. Read Full Story
The terrible Iran Deal has been and is little to no help in preventing metastasizing of Iran’s nuclear threat. Indeed it has become a shield behind which Iran is gaining confidence in the deliverable nuclear weapon capability it has pursued for many years in conjunction with its ally North Korea, i.e., via a deliberate path toward nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them—to attack the “Little Satan” Israel and the “Great Satan” America. President Trump: Ditch the deal!! Read Full Story
North Korea claims to have “a multi-functional thermonuclear nuke … which can be detonated even at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP [electromagnetic pulse] attack according to strategic goals.” What will we do? Read Full Story
We will be adding key policy briefs as we progress.