Mr Rawles,
Your readers may benefit from the following current links regarding the electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threat:
Full report of the EMP Commission to the House Armed Services Committee (July 10, 2008)
This link has a concise summary of key points from the above report:
I also recommend an interview with the Chairman of the EMP Commission.
The interview includes the following statements that are very important:
Asked just how many Americans would die if Iran were to launch the EMP attack it appears to be preparing, Graham gave a chilling reply: “You have to go back into the 1800s to look at the size of population’ that could survive in a nation deprived of mechanized agriculture, transportation, power, water, and communication.
“I’d have to say that 70 to 90 percent of the population would not be sustainable after this kind of attack,” he said. [Emphasis added.]America would be reduced to a core of around 30 million people — about the number that existed in the decades after America’s independence from Great Britain.”
270 million deaths! That puts one EMP strike on a par with a full pre-emptive nuclear strike for the number of deaths inflicted. That’s why I took care of securing food and water before any other preparations. – ALG