Bomb that could wipe out the US: Expert’s warning that terrifying super-electromagnetic pulse launched by North Korea from space would kill 90% of the population
US sustains 320m population because of technology, Peter Vincent Pry says
High frequency EMP attack could cause damage to a wide range of electronics
EMP warhead does not need to be precise to cause vast damage, Pry warns
Food in grocery stores would be eaten with three days in the worst-case scenario
Food in warehouses would rot due to lack of electric, he says
By TOM LEONARD
DAILYMAIL.COM
24 October 2017
An attack on US electronics by North Korea could kill 90 per cent of the population by crippling the nation’s infrastructure, an expert has claimed.
A spine-chilling report said Washington is underestimating the threat of an ‘electromagnetic pulse’ (EMP), a phenomenon that could be caused by detonating a nuclear bomb high above the Earth.
Such an attack would see the release of a burst of energy that would interfere with and destroy all electronics – and North Korea has claimed it has built a warhead for this very purpose.
Despite deep scepticisim from scientists and security experts, nuclear strategist Peter Pry, who previously worked for the CIA, outlined his theories in testimony to Congress. And in an interview with Forbes magazine, he expanded on his vision of how America would fare in such an attack.
He said: ‘The US can sustain a population of 320million people only because of modern technology. An EMP that blacks out the electric grid for a year would [destroy] the critical infrastructure necessary to support such a large population.’
Airliners – of which there are 5,000 flying over the US at any one time, carrying 500,000 passengers – would crash as their electrical systems were destroyed, killing most on board, he said.
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