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Congress

U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Could Thwart Terrorist Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack: Analyst

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Monday, July 14th, 2008

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Rep. Bartlett Urges Government To Counter EMP Danger EMP Would Bring Down Planes, Threaten Vehicles, Kill 90 Percent Of U.S. Population Within Year Of Attack U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems could be deployed to thwart or discourage a terrorist electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, according to testimony at a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing requested by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), a scientist and professor who also is the leading EMP expert in Congress. Iran clearly is developing an EMP…

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