Epson just kicked out a new pair of 3LCD projectors in their EMP-1810 and EMP-1815.
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In the meantime, it would be irresponsible to invite EMP-induced disaster by remaining unable either to defend against or to deter such an attack and its effects.
Today, the best that can be said is that the extent and duration of future EMP-induced blackouts would depend on whether the emitter generates a small or large pulse, and whether it is detonated at ground-level or from high altitudes.
Yet the Holdren-Beddington article is based on data and studies from the Congressional EMP Commission--that warns about both natural and nuclear EMP threats.
These assets would also be the most essential to recovery efforts in a post-EMP environment.
The Homeland Security Committee hearing will take testimony that makes plain one other frightening reality: Unfortunately, our unrobust electrical infrastructure is also vulnerable to non-EMP disruptions.
Not everyone agrees about the effects of a high-altitude EMP for civil infrastructure.
Russian objections notwithstanding, we cannot afford to delay any further in protecting ourselves and our allies against EMP and other missile-delivered threats.
The United States has several simulators that could be modified to emulate the EMP effect of a high-altitude nuclear blast.
The state of America's aging nuclear arsenal also troubled Mr. Gaffney, who warned "Our stockpile is not as safe and reliable as we could make it" and that a resumption of nuclear testing is needed to permit such improvements to be made and to diagnose and correct the Nation's yawning vulnerabilities to electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) attacks.
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For example, on February 15 (the same day as a worrisome solar flare that fortunately missed the Earth) a new Congressional Caucus convened for the first time--the Congressional Caucus on EMP.
And the EMP Caucus rolled out a newly minted bill--the SHIELD Act (HR 668).
If we don't take corrective action, cyber attacks in the future could be as devastating as the "man-caused disaster" of an EMP attack or the naturally occurring variant.
Unfortunately, the lack of U.S. nuclear testing since 1992 has also contributed to uncertainty about the adequacy of steps to protect conventional military gear from the effects of high-energy, electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks.
Better yet, a policy to retaliate combined with other actions--such as installing active defenses, increased passive defenses, and assuring military survivability--would decrease the likelihood of an EMP attack against the United States because such measures would make a strike less likely to succeed.
As the commission's report makes clear, an EMP attack could devastate both civilian and military assets without harming humans--in the short term.
Doing so in a way that builds in the sort of resiliency to EMP and cyber warfare that we so clearly need is a no-brainer and should be eminently doable, provided appropriate priority is assigned to that use of the already appropriated funds.
An EMP attack can destroy a state's electromagnetic grid and thus take a 21st-century economy back to the pre-industrial era.
Not only would everything be devastated in the immediate vicinity of the blast but an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) could wipe out almost anything that uses electricity (including cars and battery-powered phones, radios, and flashlights) throughout a much wider area.
The Compass EMP Fund has three mutual funds, but talking about the Alternative Strategies Fund in particular, there are no traditional-what we call long-only-stock or bonds in the portfolio.
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