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The government of North Korea has the capability to use an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon to knock out America’s power grid, presidential candidate and US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said during the GOP debate February 6. His comments came when ...

Late last year a cyberattack took down a large segment of the Ukrainian power grid, marking the first time that hackers anywhere in the world accomplished such a feat. Days later, in early January, North Korea claimed it had successfully ...

Let us imagine that on one dark, stormy night, Facebook goes down … for an hour. You might think that this wouldn’t be much of a big deal, since it’s merely a social network that enables pictures of cats and ...

With little media coverage, two House subcommittees in mid-September held hearings on the vulnerability of the U.S. power grid, with one U.S. representative acknowledging that the grid is old and susceptible to attack – and even saying if it goes ...

The worst-case scenario we potentially face is a grid-down situation. It doesn’t matter if that’s caused by an EMP, by a solar storm or by terrorism. When the grind goes down, the country is going to be in serious shape. ...

Quietly and with little public attention, the federal government has made moves in recent months to prepare for a nationwide blackout that could last weeks or months. It’s something you’ll likely hear more about later this year, and it’s the ...

You’ve probably heard all about the horrible things that an EMP will do, if we are ever unfortunate enough to have an enemy set one off over the United States. (Or if we experience a Carrington-like major solar storm.) It’s ...

The natural instinct to survive and to protect family runs strong in human beings. In the 20th century alone, from Jewish families in Nazi-controlled Europe to Soviet dissenters in frigid Siberian gulags, the will to live burns deeply. So when ...

I’m going to level with you in this one: I’m not exactly a person who is preparing for ye olde “zombie apocalypse.” While it’s certainly a creepy, cataclysmic scenario, I’m thinking that an apocalyptic event concerning the infected undead just ...

Earlier this year and without much mainstream media coverage, the Pentagon announced it was moving the primary headquarters for NORAD back into Colorado’s Cheyenne Mountain to protect it against a potential nuclear and EMP attack. It may have made you ...