{"id":113864,"date":"2024-08-24T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/how-military-aircraft-adapt-emp-threats\/"},"modified":"2024-08-24T18:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T08:00:14","slug":"how-do-military-aircraft-adapt-to-electromagnetic-pulse-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=113864","title":{"rendered":"How Do Military Aircraft Adapt To Electromagnetic Pulse Threats?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    As I wrote in an op-ed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.19fortyfive.com\/2023\/01\/emp-the-biggest-military-threat-america-faces-today\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" ><em>19FortyFive<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>published back on New Year&#8217;s Day 2023 (and which in turn was an updated and super-condensed version of a research paper I wrote back in 2019 for my Masters in Intelligence Studies online degree program at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amu.apus.edu\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" >American Military University [AMU]<\/a>), electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, if successfully employed by our adversaries, comprises an existential threat to the United States of America. Some may disagree, insisting that the EMP threat is all tinfoil hat conspiracy theory best suited to speculative fiction (such as William R. Forstchen&#8217;s gripping bestselling 2009 novel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/One-Second-After-audiobook\/dp\/B001WYVAJ8\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OV1E3B6C7V68&#038;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.sGF6YcDvY7pU0gSGqhjUz6Mqc29kcbBJqAKkiQpGrs6rl02Is9-i-HZi5RmzsG-GUEWtadBVBCCXzK4jifRilwbJbnVgsWpiUvW1HyV9rY7l__Fgu2WxiZeOP_511P98xPOtaGHRipnW7LTeICQcO49NNy31-xg8h5yiMqX4n-RiCRy9T-4VXK6f790XE7kHNLZXRueYuWvnTAifb1nQKm58Q-lxL0j6eqGLlDG3AzM.mJ741_vIXXrf0hFF4qeP7md9IJ_NaXNWIbCaZsJfJUU&#038;dib_tag=se&#038;keywords=one+second+after+by+william+forstchen&#038;qid=1724106267&#038;s=books&#038;sprefix=one+second+after%2Cstripbooks%2C104&#038;sr=1-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" ><em>One Second After<\/em><\/a>).    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EMP is an existential threat to US military and civilian infrastructure alike. 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