While Americans are focusing on fires in California, terror attacks like the one in New Orleans, the upcoming inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, and a the media focuses on trying to derail Trump's cabinet picks, it seems the media in the UK, such as the Daily Mail, and The Telegraph, are back to noticing the threats of EMP's (Electromagnetic Pulse) to the world at large.
Of course to those writing about it, Russia is the boogeyman, but weaponized EMP technology is being explored by almost every powerful nation, including Russia, China, the UK and the U.S., who has been working on a "non-explosive electromagnetic pulse artillery shell, which would be capable of rendering a wide range of electronics, critical infrastructure, and computer-based systems as useless," since at least 2017, when it was reported on, but likely far longer.
The recent articles from UK media are all focusing on Russia's "Satellite Nuke."
This comforting status quo was shattered early last year, however, when a series of bombshell reports in American media revealed that US intelligence officials suspected Russia was working on plans to deploy nuclear weapons in space via satellite.
Then in early December, US officials told the New York Times they believed a specific Russian scientific satellite - 'Cosmos 2553' - is already testing components for that very weapon.
The reports sparked fears that Moscow could blast a satellite into space with a nuclear warhead on board, moving it into position above the United States or other Western nations before detonating at the perfect moment.
.... in no way should we doubt that Russia is working on an EMP weapon, after all, multiple other nations including the U.S., are doing the same.
As with any type of arms race, once one nation starts developing weapon technology, others countries follow.
While Daily Mail calls it a "star wars threat," The Telegraph offers the headline "The doomsday weapon Putin could use to cripple the West." Of course they don't mention how the west is developing and can use the same type of weapons against Russia, China or anyone else
In his first term, Donald Trump signed an executive order making EMP protection a priority. Joe Biden scrapped it, but with Trump returning to office, it’s likely to become a priority......
Doomsday is actually a good term for the type of damage this particular type of weapon can cause, since multiple countries could be thrown back to the dark ages should even one be fired, by the resulting counter-attacks by other countries working on EMP weapons technology.
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