Global Scans · Electromagnetic pulse · Weekly Summary

• [New] A National Resilience Task Force, supported by the U.S. Department of Defense (Northern Command and the National Guard), the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Energy could undertake a mitigation strategy to protect the U.S. critical infrastructure from effects of an EMP. Domestic Preparedness
• The year 2025 will feature terrorist attacks in the United States, biological attacks, and an EMP or electromagnetic pulse causing widespread fires and destruction. The People's Voice
• The year 2025 will feature terrorist attacks in the United States, biological attacks, and an EMP or electromagnetic pulse. The People's Voice
• The GOP lawmaker first raised alarms in February about the grave threat posed by Russia's efforts to place a nuclear device in orbit capable of generating a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse to disable satellites. SpaceNews
• Moscow could instead send a strong message and avoid significant casualties by detonating a nuclear bomb over water, or exploding one high over Ukraine to generate an electromagnetic pulse that would knock out electronic equipment. Al Jazeera
• The Defense Department and others have been looking in recent years at whether China or Russia might be developing capabilities or testing of high-altitude nuclear explosions, which can then create powerful high-altitude electromagnetic pulses. The Boston Globe
• Setting off a nuclear bomb in space would not only cause electromagnetic pulses and radiation, damaging satellite electronics but could also potentially affect power grids on Earth. BNN
• Other work in China includes nanoparticle-enhanced energy weapons that will boost the power of directed energy weapons, such as lasers or electromagnetic pulse devices. The Washington Times
• The spy balloon seen over the U.S., could very easily be an EMP weapon package or a test package to test an EMP attack. Newsweek
• China has been at war with the United States for the last 30 years and hopes to eventually eliminate 200 million Americans with a series of biological weapons and an EMP attack. Stand Up America US Foundation
• In an unprecedented National Security Threat in the 247 histories of the United States, a Communist Chinese Spy Balloon, considered a top EMP Platform, was sent on a dry run to rehearse a potential future Chinese Communist EMP Attack on the United States Electric Grid. Stand Up America US Foundation
• While a simple spy satellite poses little threat to South Korea or the United States, the North Koreans are known to be developing their electromagnetic pulse technology. 19FortyFive: Military, Defense, Politics, Economics and
• China could use nuclear weapons in an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, disabling satellites, warships and power grids. Asia Times
• The various Russian scenarios range from a nuclear attack in Western Europe to the Russians detonating a high-altitude nuclear blast to create an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that could lead to the complete collapse of the electric grid. Newsweek
• For years, American lawmakers and other government officials have been haunted by the idea that an enemy could one day launch a massive electromagnetic pulse attack on the United States that would destroy the national power grid, catapulting more than 300 million Americans back into the Stone Age. Task & Purpose
• The civilian Critical Infrastructure within the United States faces threats from manmade Electromagnetic Pulse attacks, and from natural EMPs caused by major solar storms, the DHS report warns. Project On Government Oversight
• Putin might use nuclear weapons to stop western interference in Ukraine by performing an atmospheric nuclear test in the Arctic as a warning shot or by making an EMP attack on Ukraine or by making a tactical nuclear strike on Ukraine. Nwo Report
• Russia will likely launch EMP weapons to plunge Western Europe into a 19th-century existence, then Russia will rapidly move westward into NATO countries, conquering them with its highly efficient ground war capabilities. Rather Expose Them Christian News Blog
• EMP weapons will be the first strike weapon preferred by Russia in retaliation against NATO and US forces striking infrastructure targets inside Russia. James Fetzer
• The U.S. need not worry too much about an EMP attack, in part because the main threats come from Russia and China, who are unlikely to attack us. Forbes
• A successful EMP attack could knock out power for over a year, in some ways sending America back to pre-industrial revolution technology for a time. Forbes
• The US government has explored how an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack could occur by detonating a nuclear weapon in the mid-stratosphere. Forbes

Last updated: 30 March 2025