Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Vulnerability and Threat
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Vulnerability and Threat : "States or terrorists may well calculate that using a nuclear weapon for EMP attack offers the greatest utility (1) EMP offers a "bigger bang for the buck" against US military forces in a regional conflict;or a means of damaging the US homeland (2) EMP may be less provocative of US massive retaliation, compared to a nuclear attack on a US city that inflicts many prompt casualties (3) Strategically and politically, EMP attack can: threaten entire regional or national infrastructures that are vital to US military strength and societal survival; challenge the integrity of allied regional coalitions; and pose an asymmetrical threat more dangerous to the high-tech West than to rogue states (4) Technically and operationally, EMP attack can compensate for deficiencies in missile accuracy, fusing, range, reentry vehicle design, target location intelligence, and missile defense penetration". (Commission to Access the Threat from High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP), Overview. November 10, 2004, slide 7) (5) "EMP is one of a small number of threats that may (5a) Hold at risk the continued existence of today's US civil society (5b) Disrupt our military forces and our ability to project military power (6) The number of US adversaries capable of EMP attack is greater than during the Cold War (7) Potential adversaries are aware of the EMP strategic attack option". (EMP Commission, 2004, slide 10)
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