Electric grid protection urgently needed. Published on Jul 25, 2013 by the Center for Security Policy (Time: 1 hour, 36 minutes) Description: MISSILES INTERCEPTED ON NORTH KOREAN FREIGHTER PROMPT FRESH WARNINGS FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE EXPERTS Yesterday, a distinguished panel of six industry and policy experts, moderated by Center President and CEO Frank Gaffney, convened at…
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VIDEO: Congresswoman Yvette Clarke: “I do not want any community to be caught off guard by an EMP”
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) speaks at the Electric Infrastructure Security Summit in Washington, DC on May 21, 2013. “I do not want any community to be caught off guard by an EMP and geomagnetic disturbances to the grid.”
VIDEO: Joseph McClelland of FERC: “Grid collapse is unacceptable”
Joseph McClelland, Director, Office of Energy Infrastructure Security, FERC discussing what FERC is doing about threats to the grid at the Electric Infrastructure Security Summit in Washington, DC on May 20, 2013.
VIDEO: Dr. Karel Schrijver on the Impacts of Severe Space Weather
Dr. Karel Schrijver, Senior Fellow, Lockheed Martin, talks about the impacts of Severe Space Weather at the Electric Infrastructure Security Summit in Washington, DC on May 20, 2013.
VIDEO: “We are living on borrowed time” – The Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Threat
December 7, 2012. Dr. Peter Vincent Pry Discusses the efforts to protect the country from electromagnetic pulse (EMP) in a presentation titled: “EMP action. Too little too late?” (Time 11:38) From the Dupont Summit, December 7, 2012. EMP Action, Too Little Too Late? by, Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, Executive Director of the Task Force on…
VIDEO: John Kappenman on Solar Storm Grid Impact
“Latest Advances in Solar Storm Grid Impact Modeling and Mitigation” by John Kappenman. Dupont Summit, December 7, 2012. Storm Analyisis: Mr. John Kappenman, a leader or participant in many of the FERC, NERC, EPRI, Academy of Sciences and NATO studies on the issue provided a quick update of the technical issues that the industry and…
VIDEO: Interview of Dr. Peter Vincent Pry on the Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Threat
Interview of Dr. Peter Vincent Pry on the Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Threat. After news surfaced that North Korea had developed a powerful, new weapon, the nation’s foremost expert on Electromagnetic pulse, EMP, spent some time with AMERICAN FREE PRESS to discuss the threat the nation faces from this under-reported phenomenon. Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, a former…
VIDEO: Paul Stockton on the possibility of a long term, large scale electric grid outage
Published by CNN on Jul 27, 2012. Paul Stockton discusses how a terrorist attack on the U.S. electric grid could cause a long term, large scale electric grid outage.
VIDEO: Solar Storms – A Threat to National Security?
Solar Storms – A Threat to National Security? “A solar storm erupts, and the resulting electromagnetic pulse hits Earth, knocking out the whole electrical grid. Electricity is gone, with no way to restore it quickly. It may sound like something out of science fiction, but NASA says the threat is very real – and the…
VIDEO: Congressman Trent Franks describes GMD and EMP threats the to the grid
Congressman Trent Franks describes the threats to the grid from electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) at the Second Annual World Summit on Infrastructure Security. April 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. For a large collection of congressional documents and federal studies on electric grid security and the threat electromagnetic pulse, click here.