Author: Peter Vincent Pry Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781724625014 Category : Electric power systems Languages : en Pages : 252
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How to survive an electromagnetic pulse attack based on the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack's 100 recommendations to protect critical American infrastructure.
Author: Nicholas Randall Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781726096058 Category : Languages : en Pages : 42
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Out of all of the major threats facing the United States today, perhaps none is more horrific or terrifying as the threat of an EMP attack. North Korea has threatened to hit the United States with an EMP attack for sometime. This means that they would fire a nuclear weapon into the atmosphere about the United States in an attempt to knock out the country's power grid and infrastructure immediately. There would be a prolonged blackout as a result that would lead to widespread devastation and millions of casualties. While military commanders have been running drills to prepare for an EMP attack for sometime, the truth is the United States is simply not prepared for a total failure of our power grid. All in all, an EMP blast above the atmosphere of the United States would knock out all electronics and electrical systems for a seven hundred mile radius. The White House has been warned about the strong possibility of a devastating EMP attack from North Korea that would disable the power grid. President Trump has even been urged to create a commission to prepare for an EMP attack, similar to the Manhattan Project in World War II. The Pentagon has also taken action to protect the electric grid from an EMP attack as well, but nonetheless, experts on the subject and EMP advocates continue to insist that we are woefully underprepared for an EMP attack. Because the government is so underprepared for an EMP attack and due to the fact that the government can do absolutely nothing to help you should one go off, it's up to you and you alone to get prepared for one. Once the electric grid goes down, chaos will ensue and over the coming months millions will die from a lack of water, hunger, lack of medicine, violence, murder, and suicide. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are properly prepared for an EMP attack, and this book will teach you how to do that for beginners. In this book, you will learn about the following: - What an EMP attack is (and what it isn't) - The effects an EMP attack will have - Adopting the right preparedness attitude - Building Faraday Cages - Stockpiling food and water - Security and defense of your property, supplies, and family - First aid and medicine - Bugging in at your house - Additional tips With all that said, let's dive right into it!
Author: Survival Nick Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781985301580 Category : Languages : en Pages : 44
Book Description
Out of all of the major threats facing the United States today, perhaps none is more horrific or terrifying as the threat of an EMP attack. North Korea has threatened to hit the United States with an EMP attack for sometime. This means that they would fire a nuclear weapon into the atmosphere about the United States in an attempt to knock out the country's power grid and infrastructure immediately. There would be a prolonged blackout as a result that would lead to widespread devastation and millions of casualties. While military commanders have been running drills to prepare for an EMP attack for sometime, the truth is the United States is simply not prepared for a total failure of our power grid. All in all, an EMP blast above the atmosphere of the United States would knock out all electronics and electrical systems for a seven hundred mile radius. The White House has been warned about the strong possibility of a devastating EMP attack from North Korea that would disable the power grid. President Trump has even been urged to create a commission to prepare for an EMP attack, similar to the Manhattan Project in World War II. The Pentagon has also taken action to protect the electric grid from an EMP attack as well, but nonetheless, experts on the subject and EMP advocates continue to insist that we are woefully underprepared for an EMP attack. Because the government is so underprepared for an EMP attack and due to the fact that the government can do absolutely nothing to help you should one go off, it's up to you and you alone to get prepared for one. Once the electric grid goes down, chaos will ensue and over the coming months millions will die from a lack of water, hunger, lack of medicine, violence, murder, and suicide. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are properly prepared for an EMP attack, and this book will teach you how to do that for beginners. In this book, you will learn about the following: What an EMP attack is (and what it isn't) The effects an EMP attack will have Adopting the right preparedness attitude Building Faraday Cages Stockpiling food and water Security and defense of your property, supplies, and family First aid and medicine Bugging in at your house Additional tips With all that said, let's dive right into it!
Author: Al Cimino Publisher: Arcturus Publishing ISBN: 1784281123 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 212
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The ramifications of the Manhattan Project are still with us to this day. The atomic bombs that came out of it brought an end to the war in the Pacific, but at a heavy loss of life in Japan and the opening of a Pandora's box that has tested international relations. This book traces the history of the Manhattan Project, from the first glimmerings of the possibility of such a catastrophic weapon to the aftermath of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It profiles the architects of the bomb and how they tried to reconcile their personal feelings with their ambition as scientists. It looks at the role of the politicians and it includes first-hand accounts of those who experienced the effects of the bombings.
Author: Cynthia C. Kelly Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal ISBN: 0762471263 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 650
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On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first atomic bomb, discover new reflections on the Manhattan Project from President Barack Obama, hibakusha (survivors), and the modern-day mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The creation of the atomic bomb during World War II, codenamed the Manhattan Project, was one of the most significant and clandestine scientific undertakings of the 20th century. It forever changed the nature of war and cast a shadow over civilization. Born out of a small research program that began in 1939, the Manhattan Project would eventually employ nearly 600,000 people and cost about $2 billon ($28.5 billion in 2020) -- all while operating under a shroud of complete secrecy. On the 75th anniversary of this profoundly crucial moment in history, this newest edition of The Manhattan Project is updated with writings and reflections from the past decade and a half. This groundbreaking collection of essays, articles, documents, and excerpts from histories, biographies, plays, novels, letters, and oral histories remains the most comprehensive collection of primary source material of the atomic bomb.
Author: Stephane Groueff Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 481
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“Groueff, a Paris-Match reporter, was sponsored by The Reader’s Digest to write this prodigious account of the multiple efforts which went into the creation of the first atomic bomb between 1942 and 1945. The book is a history of the men involved, mainly; and Groves, the military commander, is obviously the author’s hero. Reading like the account of a hurdle race, the book charges into a discussion of a problem, then ‘finds’ and describes the man who bested it. Thus are described the building of Oak Ridge, Fermi’s atomic pile, the electromagnetic process, the crises over the barrier and the valves for the gaseous diffusion process, the last-minute decisions concerning the implosion process with plutonium. Groueff does convey well a scene of fantastic activity, where different solutions to one problem were worked on simultaneously, where industrial equipment came before scientific results were known, where the ‘impossible’ was achieved — in time. The material is fascinating, and the scientific information is well presented... [an] excellent overall view of a monumental project.” — Kirkus “Groueff has for the first time given due recognition to some of the minor figures, particularly engineers and technicians, and has preserved in his pages much information that would otherwise perish with the participants or lie forever buried in the archives.” — Kendall Birr, The American Historical Review “Groueff... covers the Manhattan Project from its beginning in 1942 to the bombing of Hiroshima... [he] concentrates on the engineering and industrial effort that went into producing the first atomic weapons... The result is a popular but responsible account, episodic in structure, rich in detail and human interest... for the first time a book aimed at the mass market gives engineers and industrialists their due. It is a great story of the almost incredibly complex task of translating theory into industrial and military reality.” — Oscar E. Anderson, Jr., Science “So intriguing in fact and in style is the text of the narrative of this book that, once begun, it cannot be put down until the end... In these pages the names and roles of some of the world’s greatest scientists and engineers unfold in thrilling parade, with Dr. Vannevar Bush the leader. These men of vast knowledge and ability unite with the commercial managers and their companies mobilized by the hundreds for the construction and operation of the many facilities involved.” — Leo A. Codd, Ordnance “Excellent... maintains a high degree of exciting suspense.” — Washington Star “A fascinating account of a stupendous effort.” — Chicago Tribune
Author: Sue Vander Hook Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 9781617147678 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 116
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Explores events leading up to the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II, key players involved, their lives during the project, the development and use of the atomic bomb, its aftermath, and its effects on society.
Author: Peter Vincent Pry Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781519158437 Category : Languages : en Pages : 214
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Blackout Wars is about the historically unprecedented threat to our electronic civilization from its dependence on the electric power grid. Most Americans have experienced temporary blackouts, and regard them as merely an inconvenience. Some Americans have experienced more protracted local and regional blackouts, as in the aftermaths of Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina, and may be better able to imagine the consequences of a nationwide blackout lasting months or years, that plunges the entire United States into the dark. In such a nightmare blackout, the entire population of the United States could be at risk. There would be no food. No water. Communications, transportation, industry, business and finance--all of the critical infrastructures that support modern civilization and the lives of the American people would be paralyzed by collapse of the electric power grid. Millions could die. How could a catastrophic blackout happen? Threats to the electric power grid are posed by cyber attack, sabotage, a geomagnetic super-storm, and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) from the high-altitude detonation of a nuclear weapon. Blackout Wars warns that terrorists and rogue states are developing a revolutionary new military strategy that could exploit all of these threats in combination, including exploiting the opportunity of severe weather or a geo-storm, to collapse the national electric grid and all the critical infrastructures. It would be the fall of American civilization. For the first time in history, the most dysfunctional societies, like North Korea that cannot even feed its own people, or even non-state actors like terrorists, could destroy the most successful societies on Earth--by means of a Blackout War. Attacking the electric grid enables an adversary to strike at the technological and societal Achilles Heel of U.S. military and economic power. Blackout Wars likens this new Revolution in Military Affairs to Nazi Germany's Blitzkrieg strategy, secretly developed and tested in low-profile experiments during the 1930s, sprung upon the Allies in 1939-1941 in a series of surprise attacks that nearly enabled the Third Reich to win World War II. Just as the West was asleep to the threat from the Blitzkrieg, so today U.S. and Western elites are blind to the looming threat from a Blackout War. Fortunately, where the Federal government is failing to protect the national electric grid, State governments have legal authority and the technical capability to protect their electric grids within their State boundaries, and so spare their citizens from the worst consequences of a protracted blackout. Maine, Virginia, Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma Texas, Colorado and other States have initiatives underway to protect their grids and their peoples from the existential threat that is nuclear EMP attack, and from other hazards that could cause a catastrophic blackout. Ominously, this necessary trend toward decentralization of a vital national security responsibility from the Federal government to State governments is eerily reminiscent of the late Roman Empire. When Rome could no longer defend its cities from the barbarians, the cities built walls to defend themselves. Now that Washington cannot or will not defend the United States from nuclear EMP attack, some States are "building walls" to protect their electric grids and peoples from the new barbarians. Blackout Wars is the story of these heroic efforts by individual legislators and citizens to be "Horatio on the Bridge" defending their States and peoples against perhaps the greatest threat that has ever challenged civilization. Most of all, Blackout Wars is a handbook on why and how the States must meet this challenge, and a clarion call to the States to defend themselves.
Author: Daniel Cohen Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books ISBN: 9780761303596 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 136
Book Description
Discusses the personalities and events involved in the research, development and detonation of the atomic bombs built by the United States in the 1940s.
Author: Peter Vincent Pry
Author: Nicholas Randall
Author: Survival Nick
Author: Al Cimino
Author: Cynthia C. Kelly
Author: Stephane Groueff
Author: Sue Vander Hook
Author: Peter Vincent Pry
Author: Daniel Cohen
Author: Stéphane Groueff