Govt. Documents See Risk of Surprise EMP Attack

U.S. infrastructure effects begin at 9:00.

EMP. Why don't we talk about electromagnetic pulse risks more? Recent U.S. government documents see an attack as not only possible, but the first choice of countries like Iran, Russia, China and North Korea. So much so that an Executive Order in 2019 tasked the Departments of Homeland Security and Energy to assess options to increase "resilience" before and after an attack.

CIA officials think even a moderate sized nuclear weapon detonated at the right altitude above the center of the U.S. could knock out power for most of the country. With no power, food, water, gasoline and telecommunications networks have a likelihood of failing.

A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report suggests that if just 9 of 55,000 substations in key locations were destroyed and one transformer manufacturer was disabled, the entire U.S. grid “would be down for at least 18 months, probably longer.”

In 2013, an anonymous attack on a Silicon Valley substation knocked out the facility for 27 days — an PG&E official called it a "dress rehearsal."

So, what scenarios have been delivered to Congress deemed more likely to occur than others? And how would an EMP propagate through the U.S. grid? It's [redacted] is taking a look in today's episode, and be sure to share with everyone you know. Don't be afraid, but be aware.

-----JOIN US-----


Become a producer on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/itsredactedchannel


Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itsredactedyt


Join our Discord community for behind the scenes discussions: https://discord.gg/jfSpmmw


-----TIMESTAMPS-----

0:00 Intro
4:53 Five "plausible" scenarios
9:05 Infrastructure effects

-----SOURCES-----


Source documents and credits listed here: https://itsredacted.com/government-documents-think-surprise-emp-attack-is-possible/

It's [redacted] is a venture of It's Bloody Science! LLC, which created the narration and editing of this video. All other images, sounds, music and video clips are freely available in the public domain or Creative Commons licenses, or are licensed via Storyblocks or the YouTube Audio Library.


-----MUSIC-----


Song No. 1: Dark Fog by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300031
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Song No. 2: Casual Desire, Ugonna Onyekwe

Song No. 3: Metaphysik by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400056
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Song No. 4: Drums of the Deep by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400021
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Song No. 5: Dark Fog by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300031
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Song No. 6: Beyond the Lows, The Whole Other

Song No. 7: Checkmate, Nathan Moore