[ RadSafe ] NEMP

[Maury Siskel]

Hre is a link (URL) to one version of the story referenced by Franz.

http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_13107231#

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Businessman: US must heed electronic terror threat
Posted: 08/14/2009 10:45:38 PM PDT

ELMA, N.Y. -- A New York businessman is sounding the alarm on a 
potential terror threat that he says has not gotten the attention or 
action it deserves, despite a congressional committee's finding that the 
country grows more vulnerable to it by the day.

Henry Schwartz, chairman of Steuben Foods and Elmhurst Dairy, is so 
concerned that an enemy's electromagnetic pulse attack could paralyze 
America that he will gather a group of scientists, congressmen and 
others for a conference next month on how the country should protect 
itself.

"I've never lived in fear in my life," said Schwartz, 75, an Air Force 
veteran whose unit handled nuclear warheads in Europe, "but I have to 
tell you, I'm in fear now."

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Best,
Mauru&Dog     (Maury Siskel maurysis at peoplepc.com)
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Franz Schönhofer wrote:

>RADSAFErs,
>
>Austrian newspapers have distributed news, that a US millionaire
>(billionaire?) will convene a conference soon to discuss the threat of a
>NEMP (Nuclear Electro Magnetic Pulse) attack on the USA. Obviously no
>problem for the "rest of the world".......
>
>According to what has been described even in the higher quality papers a
>nuclear bomb exploded by terrorists some hundred miles above the earth
>surface would be able to destroy communication on the earth. Please spare me
>any comment on this idiotic scenario.
>
>What I would like to know is, whether this "conference" and its content has
>found any distribution in the USA. 
>
>Beswt regards,
>
>Franz6
>
>Franz Schoenhofer, PhD
>MinRat i.R.
>Habicherg. 31/7
>A-1160 Wien/Vienna
>AUSTRIA
>  
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