The Open Source Guide to Electromagnetic Weapons: Defensive Strategies

by Uber, Chet

• ISBN13: 9781420055245
• ISBN10: 1420055240
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Auerbach Public

Summary

What would happen if America were to be attacked with an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon capable of disabling all communications devices such as radios, telephones, televisions, and computers; and not be able to recover for several decades? In their book, The Open Source Guide to Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons, the authors offer an in-depth examination into what it takes to prepare and defend a communications-dependent nation from an EMP attack. Using credible, unclassified, and open sources, this text provides answers to questions such as: What is an EMP? Which countries possess EMP capabilities? How can America prepare, defend against, and mitigate the effects of EMP attacks?

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Initial Event: Johnston Island and Hawaii

Nature's EMP Equivalent: Lightening Strikes

The Consequences of EMP Produced by a Nuclear Blast

Non-Nuclear EMP Events: A Tactical Weapon

Studying EMP Impact on Public Utilities

Studying EMP Impact on Communications

What Industries Should be Worried About Energy Weapons

EMP Disinformation Effort: Conspiracy Theory or Reality?

Countries with Electromagnetic Weapons Capabilities

Open Source Versus Black Projects

Commercial Off-the-Shelf Electromagnetic Weapons: Marx Generators, Tesla Coils, and Stun Guns

Pulse Weapons Versus Continuous Wave Weapons

Science Behind the Formation and Strength of EMP Wave

Comparison of Low-Level, Surface, and High-Altitude Blasts

Methods of Protecting Against EMP

EMP Hardened Federal Assets: Communications Systems, Aircraft and Weapons

Effects of EMP on Systems

EMP Hardening Concepts for Enclosures, Racks, Rooms, and Facilities

EMP Hardening Concepts for Manned and Unmanned Vehicles

Testing and Maintenance of Hardened Assets

Policies, Controls and Verification

Bibliography

Index

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