It’s not just science fiction, EMP attacks, or electro-magnetic pulse attacks, can completely disable electronics over a large area, and it’s a real threat.
And now Trump is the first U.S. president to protect us from one:
President Trump became the first national leader to call for protecting the U.S electric and communications grid against an electromagnetic attack like one practiced in North Korea.
Deep in his new national security strategy released this week, he made good on a campaign promise to move quickly to make the fixes that proponents have long called for.
Two of the chief advocates, William R. Graham and Peter Vincent Pry,executives of the nation’s first Congressional EMP Commission, said in a statement, “President Trump understands, even if everyone in his administration does not, that ‘strategic stability’ and ‘longstanding strategic relationships with Russia or China’ are best maintained — not by a policy of mutual vulnerability — but by a policy of ‘Peace Through Strength.’ Protecting the nation from all missile threats and EMP should be the cornerstone of a ‘Peace Through Strength’ policy.”
Uhm, this seems rather backward as Trump has stated over and over that he trusts Putin, but whatever, the proof is in the pudding.
His solution: “We will use the latest commercial capabilities, shared services, and best practices to modernize our Federal information technology. We will improve our ability to provide uninterrupted and secure communications and services under all conditions.”
Wow. That is amazing, and I have to applaud the Trump admin for being forward looking on this issue instead of being reactive, which is usually the problem with massive government.