Amb. Henry F. Cooper, Chairman Lt. Gen. Daniel Graham, Founder High Frontier . . Building Truly Effective Defenses . . Reagan’s Vision Lives! E-Mail Message 121223 High Frontier Plans and Priorities for 2013 December 23, 2012 This is High Frontier’s first email report intended to keep folks up to date on the important issues of… Read Full Story
On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced the Soviets were deploying nuclear weapons in Cuba. In those 13 days of crisis, we were closer to the brink of nuclear holocaust than we then realized. Now we could face a new crisis from the south—from ballistic missiles launched from ships in the Gulf of Mexico or Venezuela. Read Full Story
North Korea’s successful use last week of a long-range rocket to launch a satellite into orbit has catapulted the Asian rogue state back into the international spotlight for at least two reasons: First, the launch speaks volumes about the maturity of the North’s missile arsenal. Second, North Korea’s missile gains are likely to be shared with others, notably in the Middle East, including Iran. By Ilan Berman Read Full Story
North Korea is a mortal nuclear threat to the United States, right now! Any nuclear weapon detonated above an altitude of 30 kilometers (18 miles) will generate an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that will destroy electronics and could collapse the electric power grid and other critical infrastructures — communications, transportation, banking and finance, food and water — that sustain modern civilization and the lives of 300 million Americans. All could be destroyed by a single nuclear weapon making an EMP attack. By Peter Pry. Read Full Story
Iran has grown stronger from the recent Israel-Hamas hostilities. Despite media concentration on last week’s cease-fire, the real focal point is still the invisible Middle Eastern struggle for strategic advantage. There, Iran was already gaining ground, as the International Atomic Energy Agency reported on Nov. 16. By Ambassador John R. Bolton, November 28, 2012. Read Full Story
Israel’s Iron Dome shot down 84-percent of several hundred Iranian supplied missiles launched by Hamas from Gaza at Israeli cities. Built in record time with U.S. help, Iron Dome again demonstrated—as did Patriot 20 years ago—the importance of ballistic missile defenses in the new world disorder. Read Full Story
Uzi Rubin, President of Rubincom, Ltd. and Founding Director of Israeli Missile Defense Organization spoke at The Washington Institute on December 18, 2012. He discussed November’s Gaza war, a watershed event for both Israel and the Palestinians. Militants in Gaza exhibited improved, though still unguided, rocket technology and a more robust command-and-control structure, while Israel employed an effective missile defense on a widespread basis for the first time. By Uzi Rubin. Read Full Story
If you live near the Gulf of Mexico, you are the front line to an eminent threat to all Americans. The electromagnetic pulse (EMP) from a nuclear weapon exploded a hundred miles above the U.S. could kill 60-90 percent of all Americans. The powers that be should urgently address this well known threat that could be launched by Iran or Terrorists from a ship in the Gulf. By Ambassador Cooper. Read Full Story
National Geographic provides an excellent documentary on the causes and effects of an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP), which is possible through either the natural effects of a large solar flare or by a terrorist attack on the United States. This documentary is well worth 42 minutes of your time. Read Full Story
In August 2012, The Heritage Foundation hosted a roundtable on the effects of an Electromagnetic Pulse. The event was hosted by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, and Director, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies. High Frontier hopes you will invest the time to watch this important discussion about the effects of Electromagentic Pulse. Read Full Story
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