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June 19, 2018—EMP Commission Reports Continue to Dribble Out . . .

by Henry F. Cooper on June 18, 2018 in EMP, EMP Commission, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier

“Protecting and defending the national electric grid and other critical infrastructures from cyber and EMP could be accomplished at reasonable cost and minimal disruption to the present systems that comprise U.S. critical infrastructure. This is commensurate with Trump Administration plans to repair and improve U.S. infrastructures, increase their reliability, and strengthen homeland defense and military capability. Continued failure to address the U.S. vulnerability to EMP generated by a high-altitude nuclear weapon invites such an attack.” ~Recently released July 2017 EMP Commission Executive Report.” Read Full Story

May 22, 2018—What, Me Worry?

by Henry F. Cooper on May 21, 2018 in EMP, EMP Commission, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, NDAA 2019

“We who have worked in EMP for professional lifetimes are enormously frustrated to see amateurs, academics, reporters, and even some scientists untrained and uninformed posturing as experts. It is extremely dangerous when so many in the public forum deny or grossly underestimate EMP, ignorant of the vast body of scientific research and empirical evidence proving EMP is the greatest threat to our electronic civilization.” ~ Drs. William Radasky and Peter Vincent Pry Read Full Story

May 15, 2018—Need Presidential Executive Order to Implement EMP Commission Recommendations!

by Henry F. Cooper on May 14, 2018 in EMP, EMP Commission, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, NDAA 2019

Following the EMP Commission’s last meeting on June 8-9, 2017, global events have strengthened public awareness of the worldwide vulnerability of critical infrastructures to high altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP). But the Commission’s reports are just now beginning to come out. President Trump should assure a much more responsive effort than is currently planned by the Congress, which foolishly canceled the past commission after it served with distinction for 17 years. Congress mandated a lengthy hiatus and eventually a new commission. Read Full Story

May 9, 2018—Key EMP Commission Reports!

by Henry F. Cooper on May 9, 2018 in EMP, EMP Commission, Henry F. Cooper

February 27, 2018—Publish EMP Commission Reports!

by Henry F. Cooper on February 26, 2018 in Congress, Cyber, EMP, EMP Commission, Grid, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Marsh Commission, William R. Graham

“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 the May 4, 2017 Hearing on EMP and policy options to protect the grid. Read Full Story

February 13, 2018—What EMP Strategy?

by Henry F. Cooper on February 12, 2018 in Civil Defense, EMP, EMP Commission, FERC, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Marsh Commission, NERC, NORAD, NORTHCOM, Nuclear Posture Review

Protecting our critical civil infrastructure against EMP threats would play an important role in deterring such an attack, and the Pentagon’s failure even to mention that role in its Nuclear Posture Review illustrates a serious gap in our overall strategy and plans to protect the American People. And the problem is bigger than in the Pentagon. The President should take this issue on by an appropriate White House initiative. Read Full Story

January 30, 2018—A New Executive Order, Please!

by Henry F. Cooper on January 29, 2018 in EMP, EMP Commission, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Marsh Commission, Water

Certain national infrastructures are so vital that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on the defense or economic security of the United States. These critical infrastructures include telecommunications, electrical power systems, gas and oil storage and transportation, banking and finance, transportation, water supply systems, emergency services (including medical, police, fire, and rescue), and continuity of government. Threats to these critical infrastructures fall into two categories: physical threats to tangible property (‘‘physical threats’’), and threats of electronic, radio-frequency, or computer-based attacks on the information or communications components that control critical infrastructures (‘‘cyber threats’’). ~ Introduction to 1995 Executive Order Establishing the Critical Infrastructure Commission Read Full Story

December 12, 2017—Tactical or Strategic Warning?

by Henry F. Cooper on December 11, 2017 in EMP, EMP Commission, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Iran, North Korea, Pearl Harbor, William R. Graham

“It is much easier after the event to sort the relevant from the irrelevant signals. After the event, of course, a signal is always crystal clear; we can now see what disaster it was signaling, since the disaster has occurred. But before the event it is obscure and pregnant with conflicting meanings… It is only human to want some unique and univocal signal, to want a guarantee from intelligence… We have to accept the fact of uncertainty and learn to live with it. No magic, in code or otherwise, will provide certainty. Our plans must work without it.” ~Roberta Wohlstetter, Policy Analyst and Historian in Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision, 1962 Read Full Story

December 5, 2017—A fork in the road!

by Henry F. Cooper on December 4, 2017 in EMP, EMP Commission, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, William R. Graham

“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there . . . When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” Yogi Berra Read Full Story

November 14, 2017—End of the Road for the EMP Commission?

by Henry F. Cooper on November 14, 2017 in EMP Commission, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier

“(i) Repeal — Title XIV of Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106–398) is repealed.” ~ Page 1293, Final words of Subtitle F—Other Matters SEC. 1691. COMMISSION TO ASSESS THE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE ATTACKS AND SIMILAR EVENTS; National Defense Authorization Act per the NDAA 2018 Conference Committee Read Full Story