Develop a clear policy about how it would respond to an EMP attack .
If a system is modified, repaired, or serviced, its EMP vulnerability should be reassessed.
The press also ignored the launching of the EMP Caucus and the SHIELD Act.
As with civilian infrastructure, hardening America's entire military apparatus against EMP is prohibitively expensive.
These assets would also be the most essential to recovery efforts in a post-EMP environment.
If a system is modified, fixed, or serviced, its EMP vulnerability should be assessed.
Hardening military equipment against EMP costs approximately 10 percent of the original cost of the equipment.
Epson just kicked out a new pair of 3LCD projectors in their EMP-1810 and EMP-1815.
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And the EMP Caucus rolled out a newly minted bill--the SHIELD Act (HR 668).
Continuing efforts to replace copper communications cable with fiber optic cable will significantly reduce overall EMP vulnerability.
Additionally, DHS should develop a contingency plan for recovery from an EMP attack that would minimize confusion.
Continuing efforts to replace copper communications cable with fiber optic cable will reduce overall EMP vulnerability significantly.
Whereas they were always a midsize company that was kind of an elephant hunter in the EMP business.
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In light of this potentially catastrophic scenario, what does the EMP Commission suggest?
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The Times reports that some of those who dismiss the EMP threat claim that missile defense is the answer.
The press remains largely in the dark or indifferent to the EMP threat.
Much of America's power grid and telecommunications systems is vulnerable to EMP attack.
Not everyone agrees about the effects of a high-altitude EMP for civil infrastructure.
While immediate and direct deaths from an EMP detonation would be minimal, associated long term mortality would be very high.
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An EMP attack can destroy a state's electromagnetic grid and thus take a 21st-century economy back to the pre-industrial era.
The United States has several simulators that could be modified to emulate the EMP effect of a high-altitude nuclear blast.
By itself, a policy guaranteeing significant retaliation may not deter all hostile groups from using EMP, but it may deter some.
The Graham panel has come to be known as the EMP Threat Commission and it has developed a particularly worrisome scenario.
Although protecting the nation's entire electronic and telecommunications systems against EMP strike is unreasonable, protecting some of those assets is possible.
Protecting the United States against the evolving EMP threat will require a mix of active defenses, passive defenses, and policy changes.
This prospect arises from the fact that today's electrical infrastructure has not been "hardened" to make it more resilient against EMP effects.
Russian objections notwithstanding, we cannot afford to delay any further in protecting ourselves and our allies against EMP and other missile-delivered threats.
It is believed that human beings and other forms of life would not be directly harmed by such a burst of EMP.
As the commission's report makes clear, an EMP attack could devastate both civilian and military assets without harming humans--in the short term.
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