Jamil Jaffer: China’s ‘Super EMPs’ Could Cripple U.S. Systems

Jenkins China s military ░░░░░░░░ U S officials on ░░░░░░░░ as it makes advances ░░░░░░░░ than our country can ░░░░░░░░ up You ve probably ░░░░░░░░ about that test of ░░░░░░░░ hypersonic missile Now word ░░░░░░░░ U S could be ░░░░░░░░ to attacks from electromagnetic ░░░░░░░░ so called EMPs Those ░░░░░░░░ of attacks have the ░░░░░░░░ to wipe out nearly ░░░░░░░░ electronics crippling the country ░░░░░░░░ suddenly having no more ░░░░░░░░ computers ATMs or credit ░░░░░░░░ readers even modern cars ░░░░░░░░ use computer chips could ░░░░░░░░ down Jamil Jaffer the ░░░░░░░░ and executive director of ░░░░░░░░ National Security Institute weighs ░░░░░░░░ on what the U ░░░░░░░░ could do to combat ░░░░░░░░ attacks Jamil happy Thanksgiving ░░░░░░░░ you for taking the ░░░░░░░░ on what is really ░░░░░░░░ frightening story Explain for ░░░░░░░░ viewers if you will ░░░░░░░░ is this threat of ░░░░░░░░ EMP attack and how ░░░░░░░░ is China s capabilities ░░░░░░░░ Sure Well Griff it ░░░░░░░░ obviously an important issue ░░░░░░░░ electromagnetic pulses are power ░░░░░░░░ oftentimes by a nuclear ░░░░░░░░ and other activities which ░░░░░░░░ disrupt communication systems electric ░░░░░░░░ and alike This has ░░░░░░░░ been a concern for ░░░░░░░░ United States ever since ░░░░░░░░ detonated a nuclear weapon ░░░░░░░░ 1962 and identified the ░░░░░░░░ threat of an EMP ░░░░░░░░ is also another category ░░░░░░░░ things that you might ░░░░░░░░ about geomagnetic insurgences things ░░░░░░░░ by solar storms We ░░░░░░░░ seen in the past ░░░░░░░░ to telephone systems and ░░░░░░░░ caused by that These ░░░░░░░░ large category things that ░░░░░░░░ have been concerned about ░░░░░░░░ a while The real ░░░░░░░░ from them is hard ░░░░░░░░ really estimate because we ░░░░░░░░ not had a ton ░░░░░░░░ experience with them So ░░░░░░░░ question becomes what might ░░░░░░░░ adversary do What might ░░░░░░░░ as a result of ░░░░░░░░ natural effects And how ░░░░░░░░ we protect against these ░░░░░░░░ of threats Jenkins Jamil ░░░░░░░░ was struck by a ░░░░░░░░ made by a national ░░░░░░░░ expert speaking at a ░░░░░░░░ forum I was reading ░░░░░░░░ it and he says ░░░░░░░░ that you could be ░░░░░░░░ about a war being ░░░░░░░░ with a single EMP ░░░░░░░░ without even a shot ░░░░░░░░ Is that possible JAFFER ░░░░░░░░ Griff certainly there is ░░░░░░░░ possibility But to have ░░░░░░░░ broad of an effect ░░░░░░░░ you need to do ░░░░░░░░ detonate a nuclear weapon ░░░░░░░░ a very high level ░░░░░░░░ s very few nations ░░░░░░░░ have that capability Russia ░░░░░░░░ United States perhaps China ░░░░░░░░ other nations that are ░░░░░░░░ of ours So you ░░░░░░░░ you d have to ░░░░░░░░ about this as a ░░░░░░░░ of an actual nuclear ░░░░░░░░ So the chances of ░░░░░░░░ large scale EMP burst ░░░░░░░░ that kind are hard ░░░░░░░░ imagine Jenkins Frightening stuff ░░░░░░░░ Jaffer we have to ░░░░░░░░ it there Thank you ░░░░░░░░ a happy Thanksgiving.”