Ex-speaker latest official to raise alarm on threat of nuclear EMP attack by Tehran WASHINGTON The threat posed to the national security of the United States by Iran was likened only to the one posed by Nazi Germany in the 1930s, by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who suggested Tehran could be planning for a pre-emptive nuclear electromagnetic pulse attack on America that would turn a third or more of the country “back to a 19th century level of development.” Gingrich made the stunning statements, which echo warning of other congressional leaders and national security experts, in testimony before a subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee last week. He said the “extraordinary challenge that the current regime in Iran poses to the safety of the United States” requires “extraordinary measures to meet it.” “Not since the failure of the League of Nations in the 1930s to confront the aggression of the dictatorships in Japan, Italy and Germany have we seen the willful avoidance of reality which is now underway with regard to Iran,” said Gingrich. “There are lessons to be learned from the 1930s and those lessons apply directly to the current government of Iran.” Gingrich pointed with alarm at a report first published in G2 Bulletin that Iran had tested the firing of ballistic missiles from a merchant ship in which warheads were detonated in midair over the Caspian Sea rather than at a land or sea target. National security experts and …
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Winston Lord has been at the center of US-China relations for four decades. As a Special Assistant to the National Security Adviser, Lord accompanied Henry Kissinger on his secret trip to Beijing in 1971, which laid the groundwork for President Nixon’s historic visit to China the following year. Lord attended Nixon’s February 1972 meeting with Mao Zedong, and was involved in the negotiations which led to the signing of the Shanghai Communique. He later served as the US ambassador to China under Presidents Reagan and Bush from 1985-89, and as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia during President Clinton’s first term. In the interview below, conducted by US-China Institute Senior Fellow Mike Chinoy, Lord discusses current tensions in Sino-American relations. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.china.usc.edu FACEBOOK www.facebook.com
Freeflyer91
June 8, 2011 at 11:43 am
Nice fear-mongering Fox. Keep up the good work.
CU2UK
June 8, 2011 at 12:18 pm
I would send one just to shut off Fox.
PxPaperrr
June 8, 2011 at 1:01 pm
who was like he has 14 kill him wait damn it he has hardline :/
Sylux9501
June 8, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Anyone one watching a MW2 video and it bought you here suddenly?
2120Tech
June 8, 2011 at 2:19 pm
I got a bunch of faraday bags from a great website–techprotectbagcom. They proctect electronics against EMPs. They’re really cheap and meet military specification. They come in various sizes large enough to fit just about anything and ones small enough for just a cell phone. It’s a very educational site too. You should really check it out and let me know what you think.
TheOldWizard1
June 8, 2011 at 3:19 pm
Damnit, if the terrorists attack your frigging United States country, Canada will get shit on. Screw that.
MrRuffnready5
June 8, 2011 at 4:08 pm
If any of you lame brains use the word “GOVERNMENT” one more time….shoot yourself for your ignorance please
joinesc
June 8, 2011 at 4:29 pm
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mrm0s3s
June 8, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Well, if any terrorists didn’t know about this before, they do now. THANKS!
borecleaner1
June 8, 2011 at 4:49 pm
@cifeso You got it.the government cannot [more like WILL not] live within their means,why should anypone expect them to pull their heads out of their collective butts to for once,do something to help or protect the taxpayers.Just a matter of ”when”,sorry to say
VolumedPaulJed
June 8, 2011 at 5:04 pm
no you idiot PSN is down because of the “Anonymous” group. GOD even an xbox 360 guy know this.
LeeM1997
June 8, 2011 at 6:01 pm
oh so did the PSN servers get EMP’ed?
cifeso
June 8, 2011 at 6:07 pm
All nations need a new Amish Division in case of an EMP attack. It’s the only effective way to combat such an attack.
cifeso
June 8, 2011 at 6:40 pm
@anarcho609
When do you turn 14? 😀
burakislauw
June 8, 2011 at 7:27 pm
EMP!!! PSN IS OFFLINE, I REPEAT PSN IS OFFLINE!!
anarcho609
June 8, 2011 at 7:56 pm
@imadepoopies CoD jokes always, ftw
aroniense21
June 8, 2011 at 8:45 pm
@SARchaZm Not so impossible,considering that quite a good part of the Nuclear material of the soviet union went missing,and the CIA and the FBI recognized that the Taliban may already have enough to make multiple nuclear devices,a nuke is possible,and more possible that you think.
SARchaZm
June 8, 2011 at 8:46 pm
@aroniense21 I am going to explain this very simply. An EMP is more damaging than a nuke because an extremist terrorist organization can’t AFFORD a nuke, whereas a small EMP device is within their budget.
An EMP is dangerous because it is POSSIBLE.
aroniense21
June 8, 2011 at 8:52 pm
@SARchaZm Im mentioning the EMP in the form of a detonation of a nuclear device,something that has been proved a lot of times,that’s why i say that the nuke is more dangerous that the EMP,the EMP fries all the electronic devices that aren’t turned off,the nuke have the blast radius,the fact that in a real warfare case most of the soldiers will turn to see the detonation,a detonation so bright that can leave you temporary blind,and the radiation that ends up causing cancer,it isn’t idiocy…
SARchaZm
June 8, 2011 at 9:44 pm
@aroniense21 I am not a specialist, but it doesn’t take a genius to work out that an EMP does NOT emitt nuclear radiation, that is why it is so cost effective. Nukes give off gamma radiation, which takes far more energy than electrons, which are known as beta radiation.
Loud idiocy is still idiocy…
wishihadaname94
June 8, 2011 at 10:21 pm
Terrorists use EMP
Me: Counter with Faraday Cage and tin foil
Win
aroniense21
June 8, 2011 at 11:21 pm
@Monstermaster007 Idem…..
aroniense21
June 8, 2011 at 11:41 pm
@animelegacy First,fuck off,if you’re insulting suck my dick you bitch.
Second,if that would’ve really had been a specialist the least that he could’ve done was mention the radiation,or are you forgetting that the explosion of a nuclear device spreads Radioactive material that causes cancer to the people not only in the initial area,it is actually mentioned in the US plans against an attack,specialist my nuts.
animelegacy
June 9, 2011 at 12:03 am
@aroniense21 How are you arguing with a fucking specialist? Dumbass.
AndersonFamily12
June 9, 2011 at 12:28 am
WEVE BEEN EMP’D!!! PLAY STATION NETWORK IS DOWN!