An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings
An Interesting Read
I came across this last night at The Thirst for Freedom, and would like to get some of your thoughts on the subject.
Did the Chinese military cause the largest blackout in the history of North America?
That is the assertion of Tim Bennett, the former president of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, who says U.S. intelligence officials confirmed to him the People’s Liberation Army gained access to a network that controlled electric power systems serving the northeastern U.S. in 2003.
Some 50 million people were affected by the 9,300-square-mile blackout that hit parts of New York, Canada, Michigan and Ohio.
The official explanation for the power outage was that overgrown trees came into contact with strained high-voltage lines in Ohio. But the story of this possible skirmish in the “electromagnetic spectrum” is widely whispered about in defense and intelligence circles. It is referred to by some as the first battle of World War III – a conflict to be fought asymmetrically in cyberspace and with weapons that might seem like science fiction.
The Moscow newspaper Zavtra reported only a week ago that Russia has developed “special powerful electromagnetic impulse generators that may be used in design of new type radars and as a basis of electromagnetic weapons that will render enemy electronics inoperable.”
I’ll be the first to admit, when it comes to this kind of technology, I’m MORE than dumb as a box of rocks. You plug it in, flip the switch, and it’s suppose to work. If the bulb burns out, you change it, flip the switch….all better.
What is being discussed here is way beyond my comprehension. Yes, I understand a bit about EMP, but only what I’ve read. How it’s done, I’m clueless.
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Your “read the rest here” link is broken!
It should go here: http://freedomthirst.com/2008/07/08/the-weapons-of-world-war-iii/
I know what you mean too. How in the world are we supposed to figure this all out? China is Scary.
@ThirstyJon:
Well hells bells. I think I’m having a Monday.
I think I’ve got it fixed now. 