Celebrate electromagnetic pulse attack recognition day!
Via Danger Room, I see that the Heritage Foundation is proposing the establishment of an "Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Recognition Day." Here’s how they would like Congress to observe the occaision: Close all cafeterias. After an EMP attack, transportation networks would grind to a halt and no food would be delivered. Walk to work. Traffic lights ...
Via Danger Room, I see that the Heritage Foundation is proposing the establishment of an "Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Recognition Day." Here's how they would like Congress to observe the occaision:
Via Danger Room, I see that the Heritage Foundation is proposing the establishment of an "Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Recognition Day." Here’s how they would like Congress to observe the occaision:
- Close all cafeterias. After an EMP attack, transportation networks would grind to a halt and no food would be delivered.
- Walk to work. Traffic lights would no longer function, so all roads would be gridlocked. The computer systems operating mass transit would be inoperative.
- Turn off Members’ Blackberries. Satellites in low-earth and many of the communication support systems would be disabled. Devices such as Blackberries and GPS would not work.
- Shut off the lights. Critical computers that direct the national electrical grid would be inoperative.
If Congress took these four steps for one day, all Members would understand the magnitude of the dangers posed by an EMP attack.
I don’t know how well it would work to raise EMP awareness, but I suspect that quite a few citizens wouldn’t mind the of keeping Congress cut off from communications and in the dark for a day.
Sharon Weinberger wrote about EMP’s and the people who are terrified of them for FP in February.
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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