July 4, 2017—Happy Independence Day!

by Henry F. Cooper on July 3, 2017 in High Frontier, Independence Day, July Fourth, Missile Defense, Ronald Reagan

Today, we celebrate the founding of America on July 4, 1776—Independence Day to remember when, for the first time ever, “We the People” declared their right to protect themselves from the encroachments of an over-reaching, intrusive government. That formula grew America into a free people and the world’s sole superpower with a quality of life for hundreds of millions, unmatched by any other nation on earth. But as Benjamin Franklin stated on that first Independence Day, the founders “gave us a Republic if we can keep it.” Read Full Story

June 27, 2017—The Gruesome Twosome!

by Henry F. Cooper on June 26, 2017 in EMP, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Iran, North Korea

“The very first missiles we saw in Iran were simply copies of North Korean missiles. . . Over the years, we’ve seen photographs of North Korean and Iranian officials in each other’s countries, and we’ve seen all kinds of common hardware.” ~Jeffrey Lewis, a missile proliferation expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Read Full Story

June 20, 2017—Space Defense Revival?

by Henry F. Cooper on June 19, 2017 in Brilliant Pebbles, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, SDI, Space Defense

“Someday, not too distant; there can come streaking out of somewhere (We won’t be able to hear it, it will come so fast.) some kind of gadget with an explosive so powerful that one projectile will be able to wipe out completely this city of Washington. . . . I think we will meet the attack alright [sic] and, of course, in the air. But I’ll tell you one thing, there won’t be a … pilot in the sky! That attack will be met by machines guided not by human brains, but by devices conjured up by human brains.” ~ General Henry H. Arnold, 1943 Read Full Story

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