British MPs warned today that Britain's critical national infrastructure could be crippled in a high-altitude space attack by a rogue state like IRI.
James Arbuthnot, the chairman of the committee, said he believed the possibility of an EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) attack was "quite likely".
A nuclear device detonated up to 500 miles above the earth's surface could generate an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) with a "devastating" effect on power supplies, telecommunications and other vital systems, the Commons Defence Committee said.
It warned that countries such as Iran - which is resisting international pressure to end its nuclear programme - and even eventually some "non-state actors" could acquire the technology to mount such an attack.
Terrorists could also build a "crude" non-nuclear EMP weapon, with the power to cause disruption over a more limited area.
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What Else You are not telling us
by darius on Thu Feb 23, 2012 07:13 AM PSTWell, a nation with 300 old obsolete fighter jets.
Old and retofitted tanks to present as new and designed tank.
Missiles and wepaons system bougt from North Korea or designed domestically that with theie existing capability are not much better than few artillery shells that are made domestically and the quality is questionable.
Can't feed his own nation and paying 4 times more for basic necessities(makin Turkey ,Indians, Chinese to become stronger).
Sure , they have some unreliable an dquestionable proxies that historically have changed sides ( show them more money) if you can call that power and influence
Just tell us how such a backward nation can do all kind of hi-tech stuff . Just how these existential threat can deploy and explode a bomb with such a capacity before testing ?
Why don't you tell us that since nuclear bombs test by you guys , the humanity still breathing and consumning the radio active material that decay for thousands of years and lingering around.
You are either lying to your teeth or you know something we do not know.
Tell us the truth and explain how a country that is under the sanction
and 24/7 under surveillance from all sides and all kind of spy agencies can be such a threat to the world ?
At least explain it to us dumb Iranian that are living outside Iran and have access to verify your claims.
Why don't you start dropping the bombs, who can stop you.United Nation,China,Russia ?
Go ahead and kill all those Iranian , don't be shy about it, You have been doing it in other places, then what are all these excuses about!
As we say in Persian " be kodomm sazetoon beaghseem" .Make up your mind .You did not like Shah, You do not like Bunch of F..Mullah and I am sure the next person you support , will be center of new kind of criticism for anew kind of war .
The point is that 2/3 of world population and 200 of these nations are exixtential threat to the world power.They are consuming and using the air and resources that west needs to survive.
Then, please go and drop your bombs, kill us all. If you do not do it today, you have to do it soon.Save yourself money and time.
Stop lying to us, stop fooling us. You do not beleive in human rights, democracy or right of other nation or others to decide for thesleves.
Don't be a good human, let them die in their own poverty, ignorance and live the way they want . This is much better way, easier way.