Iranian Nuke Attack on US Easy as 'EMP'?

17 November, 2011 - WASHINGTON -- Pentagon estimates show that Iran could have missiles capable of reaching the East Coast of the United States by the year 2015.

If the Iranians acquire a nuclear bomb, they might be able to cripple their "Great Satan" even sooner through an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, attack off America's coastline.

"Within a year of an EMP event, at least two-thirds of the American population would perish from starvation, disease, and societal collapse. It's a high-tech means of killing people the old fashioned way," Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, president of EMPact America, explained.

A nuclear weapon detonated above the U.S. would emit powerful electromagnetic pulses, frying America's electrical grid and shutting down necessities from cars to computers to airplanes and refrigerators.

Iranian military handbooks point out the benefits of such an attack. Russia, China, and North Korea also possess EMP technology.

Pry, a member of the congressional EMP Commission, said America could plunge back into the 19th century, with Katrina-like chaos nationwide.

"A single nuclear weapon will cause the collapse of the electric power grid, all the critical infrastructures and other electronic systems across the entire continental United States and basically cause a permanent blackout," he told CBN News.

Pry's nightmare scenario shows Iran or its terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, parking an unmarked freighter off America's East Coast or in the Gulf of Mexico.

They would fire a nuclear-tipped scud above a city like New York, then immediately sink the freighter to destroy evidence of their handiwork.

"Even if we were able to identify the scud by our radars, we wouldn't be able to identify who did it," he explained. "This is a way of keeping your fingerprints off it."

Former CIA double agent Reza Kahlili spent time as a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps. He said the Iranians have conducted missiles tests off ships in the Caspian Sea, which are consistent with an EMP-style attack.

"They're going to get to the Gulf of Mexico with ballistic missiles, and they're going to launch one at a moment's notice. And they wouldn't care about the repercussions," he told CBN News.

Kahlili's book, A Time to Betray, details Iran's rapidly advancing ballistic missile program.

"They have obtained missiles from North Korea that can now target the capitals of Europe," Kahlili said.

There are reports that Iran plans to establish missiles bases in Venezuela, where it has a vast network. And an Iranian official recently threatened to send military ships to patrol America's Atlantic coast.

Legislation is currently pending in Congress that would harden America's electrical grid against an EMP attack.

Sponsors of the bill, called the SHIELD Act, say it would cost less than $1 billion to do it. But the bill has yet to pass.

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[smith64128]

CBN can change the word of Iran to Pakistan and broadcast the same documentary, because Pakistan has already Nuclear weapons and Al kaida operates there. Don't you get it we should always be frightened of something. Iran is just imagination of what if in the future? what if one day? what if 5 years time?

Wake Up!!!! Just Kazakhstan inherited 1400 nuclear weapons from USSR. all have Nucs North Korea, Pakistan, India, Israel, Russia, China, Belarus, Ukraine, South Africa, US, EU,...

[MrUSA96]

oh thank god i have got till 2015

[turkmuslim4ever]

@mammal46 euhmmm iran is mostly shia... and shia are different -_- muslims dont except them being part of islam(most of them) because a lot of them insult the best companion hz ebu bekir and the wife of the prophet hz ayse... btw iran self uses electronic i think emp is usefull in defence against war but not 1 country would attack like what america did to japan and irak and now iran? americans are the biggest terrorists so far... you sound like a hillbilly btw

[Ariana321]

@mammal46 Neither Jesus, nor God, nor any other divine power will help anyone that will not help themselves. If you wait for a beam of light to shine down from the sky and save you, you are as good as dead.

[killerbee04x]

Nice then PROJECT VENUS WILL BE IN FULL SWING.

[glennirish]

Cool good for u Iran,gotta protect yourself from the western maddogs

[srkh28]

@mammal46 Why is so much religious paraphernalia made in China? You guy's must be one of the biggest importers in the US.

[mammal46]

Sounds like an obama ran congress. Don't pass the bill. Obama is all about destroying America. That is what he set out to do on the day of his inaguration. He wants Americans to die. He wants muslims to come over here and overtake our country so sharia law can be everywhere.

The fact that the bill can't get passed doesn't surprize me at all. I'm just depending on JESUS to take care of us. Those who love JESUS need not worry about Iran or any other muslim for that matter.

[666FOOTSOLDIER]

IAEA chief 'alerts world' as major powers press Iran By REUTERS 11/17/2011 21:53 Six powers involved in diplomacy on Iran present united front towards Tehran; IAEA to debate and vote on resolution; UN nuclear watchdog chief says "We have to alert world before nuclear proliferation takes place.