High Frontier participated in the January 12-13 Tea Party Coalition Convention at the Springfield Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach, SC. In particular, Amb. Cooper discussed the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threat and what can be done to counter it, as has been described in our previous three email reports. Many of the several hundred attendees indicated… Read Full Story
Category Archives: Electromagnetic Pulse
A Cuban Missile Crisis For Today
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 EMP attack could destroy U.S. — now Obama must take immediate action
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
An Open Letter to Citizens of the Coastal States around the Gulf of Mexico
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 Documentary on Electromagnetic Pulse
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
Heritage Foundation Hosts Roundtable on EMP Effects
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
Meeting The Iranian Threat
As U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran rapidly broadens its reach to undergird a global strategy to threaten Americans at home and abroad—and our overseas friends and allies. U.S. missile-defenses need to adapt to this increased threat and to broader Iranian influence in the Middle East. By Henry F. Cooper and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff. Read Full Story
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