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12/26/2017 / By JD Heyes

U.S. officials increasingly taking North Korean EMP threat seriously, knowing MILLIONS of Americans could die

For decades, North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs were the butt of jokes inside the Pentagon and throughout the Western defense structure, known more for their duds and misses than for their successes. But nobody in the U.S. Department of Defense or throughout NATO is laughing anymore, following a series of successful nuclear […]

10/31/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Cyber attack on U.S. power companies: Experts believe North Korea is behind attempts to infect systems with malware

Tensions between the United States and North Korea just seem to be getting worse and worse. According to the Daily Mail, U.S. cybersecurity experts now believe that a team of North Korean Internet hackers targeted American power companies in an attempt to download malware in preparation for a cyber attack. According to a report by […]

10/03/2017 / By JD Heyes

North Korea issues new threat to launch EMP weapon against the U.S., which could turn entire country into one giant Puerto Rico

As the Trump administration juggles multiple crises including massive storms in the Gulf and Caribbean and the country’s worst mass shooting in our history, there is an older threat that has once again become relevant: North Korea. Pyongyang, which has been working overtime to develop nuclear weapons and the capacity to deliver them via ICBM […]

07/23/2017 / By JD Heyes

North Korea already has capability to strike the USA with an EMP weapon, warn analysts

Over the Fourth of July holiday, North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un ordered the test-firing of a newly upgraded missile that Western analysts assessed as capable of intercontinental travel. The ICBM, called the Hwasong-14, or KN-14, flew on a trajectory that U.S. defense experts believe could put Alaska or parts of the West Coast within range. […]

05/17/2017 / By JD Heyes

North Korean cyber “sleeper cells” could be unleashed on a moment’s notice to destroy power grids, banking sector, infrastructure

The more cyber security experts look into the weekend “ransomware” attack that targeted tens of thousands of computers in Europe and Asia using software stolen from the NSA, the more they believe that North Korea was behind the attacks. As reported by The New York Times, cadres of North Korean cyber “sleeper cells” take legitimate […]

05/08/2017 / By JD Heyes

EMP Commission expert: North Korea preparing satellite launch of nuclear weapon that will wipe out U.S. electrical grid

An expert in nuclear weapons design and delivery and member of the Congressional EMP Commission says it’s very likely North Korea is developing technology that would enable it to launch a small-yield nuclear weapon from a satellite that is capable of knocking much of the U.S. power grid. Dr. Vincent P. Pry, in an exclusive […]

04/18/2017 / By JD Heyes

As war with North Korea approaches, Pentagon scrambling to protect U.S. power grid from cyber attacks, EMP burst

Various reports claim that the United States may be preparing to strike North Korea after it conducted its sixth nuclear weapons test, over the weekend – a strike that, if it happens would likely invite retaliation from Pyongyang. But the most damaging response the North Koreans could mount won’t come from its massive artillery force or […]

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