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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
What Americans Need to Know About Missile Defense: We're Not There Yet
What Americans Need to Know About Missile Defense: We're Not There Yet
"...If it carried and detonated a nuclear weapon high over the center of the country, the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) would literally fry the nation's electrical grid and all of the circuitry that powers our homes, businesses, hospitals, phones, cars, planes, traffic lights, ATMs, water supplies, and anything else not "hardened" against such attacks. The EMP Commission chairman has testified that, within just one year of such an attack, 70 percent to 90 percent of Americans would be dead from starvation and disease.[1]..."
Reference: www.heritage.org
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