Recent articles report that North Korea is planning not to give up all its nuclear arsenal; and that the communist government has revealed plans to use the weapons to launch EMP attacks to dismantle technology and computers in the blast area. And then there’s new evidence that Iran has been building nuclear weapons. Surprise… Read Full Story
“The Iran nuclear deal is a terrible one for the United States and the world. It does nothing but make Iran rich and will lead to catastrophe.” ~ Donald Trump Tweet Read Full Story
While considering the political theater of our leaders in the Washington “swamp” deciding by week’s end on whether for the 18th time since 1976 the congress “shuts down the government,” consider implications of two more events last week: 1) President Trump again kicked the can for another 120 days on deciding to end the terrible Iran Deal; and 2) The False Alarm in Hawaii that all should contemplate. Read Full Story
“In the most severe scenario of an all-out attack upon undersea cable infrastructure by a hostile actor the impact of connectivity loss is potentially catastrophic, but even relatively limited sabotage has the potential to cause significant economic disruption and damage.” ~ Former NATO Commander, Retired US Navy Admiral James Stavridis Read Full Story
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, Great Britain’s most senior military officer, warns of a new threat to undersea communications and internet cables. He said NATO is protecting the cables “in response to the threat posed by the modernization of the Russian navy, both nuclear and conventional submarines and ships.” And that’s an understatement! Read Full Story
“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
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
“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
We will be adding key policy briefs as we progress.