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acidicxquestionJul 4, 2010
Where can I get one?
benroyJul 5, 2010
Eastern Europe.
ronintetsuroJul 5, 2010
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racerx2727Jul 4, 2010
That's some serious James Bond villain s**t right there
Closed AccountJul 4, 2010
A thing Iran would love to re-create, right over the continental United States or maybe Europe. EMP.
Closed AccountJul 4, 2010
Because of the grave threat of stuff like this, we need to invest in serious EMP hardening of the electrical grid and power plants, water supply, gas supply, telecommunications, food and goods transport, and move more towards fiber optic communications lines, which are resistant to EMP.
It wouldn't cost that much compared to the security that it would bring, because right now anyone with a single nuke and a rocket can send the US back to the late 19th century.
Closed AccountJul 4, 2010
Unfortunately, congress has more pressing matters. Cap and Trade, Amnesty and the rest of Obama's and the progressive's agenda. If Iran's president is patient enough, Obama will weaken Israel further and transform America into a Sharia law, Islam friendly, Spanish speaking, Communist utopia that no longer will be a threat to the peaceful government of Iran. When Obama is through, we won't need to harden anything 'cept the borders to keep us all IN.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountJul 4, 2010
EMP safeguards ought to be a very high priority item to both Democrats or Republicans, just because they're an existential national vulnerability.
As an American (and as a somewhat liberal Democrat), I believe the Republic's fundamental security comes before political party, and I think we can all find common ground around this and don't have to make it a partisan issue.
Closed AccountJul 5, 2010
inactive, you forgot "/s"
offrdbanditJul 5, 2010
A far bigger, yet parallel, concern would be geomagnetic storms causing similar affects naturally and without warning.
crixmadineJul 5, 2010
But what motive would any country have?
By launching a nuclear warhead (or any warhead) at the United States you are committing suicide, physically, politically, and economically.
a) The US would launch 100 times the amount of warhead right back. Forget about M.A.D. The opposing country would be wiped away. The US wouldn't.
b) Every US ally would likely retaliate or ostracize the opposing country.
c) Wiping out the US economy would significantly damage the world economy.
We like to live in 'what if" world a little too much. Certainly it is possible for China, Russia, or even Israel to launch a weapon at the US...
But they're aren't going to.
craftyguyJul 5, 2010
"a) The US would launch 100 times the amount of warhead right back. Forget about M.A.D. The opposing country would be wiped away. The US wouldn't."
Detonating something like 100 nuclear warheads just might cause a little something called a "nuclear winter", which would most definitely wipe out most large nations. Starting with their food supplies.
Closed AccountJul 5, 2010
You guys read too many Tom Clancy novels.
Closed AccountJul 5, 2010
Read this government report, and tell me if this is some Clancyesque fantasy:
http://www.empcommission.org/docs/empc_exec_rpt.pdf
gatorusmcJul 5, 2010
Next thing you know Clancy will write a book about people flying airplanes into buildings and it'll happen...
Closed AccountJul 5, 2010
Sigh... I'm well aware of EMP being a real threat. I was referring to the parent comment's thoughts about Iran having the capability of detonating a nuke over the US tomorrow or something. I'd be more worried about Russia or Pakistan right now.
Closed AccountJul 5, 2010
Sigh..... guys, I'm well aware that EMP is a real threat. But as someone mentioned above, attempting to detonate a nuke over the US would be the last action carried out by whatever nation is stupid enough to do so.
Iran isn't even close to having a nuke or even a ballistic missile capable of delivering it 4000+ miles away. And even if they did, launching one at the US would be the dumbest thing they could do and would result in a full scale nuclear war with the backing of the rest of the world.
Ahmadinejad may be an totalitarian assh**e, but he's not an idiot.
Closed AccountJul 5, 2010
Dugg DeskFlyer for a measured and rational reaction.
ivanmarshJul 5, 2010
No s**t. Iran can barely hit their own country with a missile.
docbob84Jul 5, 2010
you don't need a nuke to make an EMP. Just some decent yield conventional explosives and a well-formed spiral made of conducting metal.
elburro88Jul 5, 2010
I know quite a few Americans would love to re-create this over Iran as well.
Just stop supporting Israel and most of the hate from the Middle-East will vanish. It's what feeds the hate and is used as a justification for their terrorism.
pandabearshenyuJul 5, 2010
Put down MW2, and go outside once in a while.
ronintetsuroJul 5, 2010
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Closed AccountJul 4, 2010
Because of the grave threat of stuff like this, we need to invest in serious EMP hardening of the electrical grid and power plants, water supply, gas supply, telecommunications, food and goods transport, and move more towards fiber optic communications lines, which are resistant to EMP.
It wouldn't cost that much compared to the security that it would bring, because right now anyone with a single nuke and a rocket can send the US back to the late 19th century.
a5204Jul 4, 2010
"Jenkins, we want to alter the Earths magnetic bands. Any ideas?"
"Nukes in orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
chompyJul 5, 2010
f**kin' A!
smokeydabearJul 5, 2010
Dugg for Aliens.
ronintetsuroJul 5, 2010
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gators1591Jul 5, 2010
Didn't Captain Price do this in MW2?
Closed AccountJul 5, 2010
I'm not sure why you're getting dugg down. That is what he did...
gators1591Jul 5, 2010
I think it's just because I even mentioned Modern Warfare 2...
camaroz06Jul 5, 2010
Just link straight to the NPR website:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128170775
idiggaponyJul 5, 2010
Seriously, what's with the blogspam? The NPR story is a nice, short, readable length -- it didn't need to be summarized. Gizmodo added nothing except a bunch of advertisements.
myonoskenJul 5, 2010
The clue is in the first word of your second sentence...
explodingtreeJul 5, 2010
The?
Closed AccountJul 5, 2010
The direct article was already submitted by a non-power user:
http://digg.com/space/A_Very_Scary_Light_Show_Exploding_H_Bombs_In_Space
So in order to work around the dupe-submitter, power users find blogs with the link.
kjsatzJul 5, 2010
Also, Myonosken, the clue is in the first word of your first sentence...
mra45Jul 5, 2010
Thank you, I was trying to decipher that terrible image. Even after watching the video it still looks more like an eyeball than a nuclear explosion.
Classic mistake.
marcosleeJul 5, 2010
Kevin, how about a "transfer my digg from this terrible summary to the real story" button in the next digg version?
javajunkeeJul 5, 2010
God how I hate Gizmodo. Thank you for posting the source, NPR.
reeferchiefer42Jul 5, 2010
This is classic kesk2006.
mcoulter876Jul 5, 2010
Dugg for the military issued Hawaiian shirts.
corle1Jul 8, 2010
I clicked on the story hoping a link to the source would be provided. I was not let down.
ripersnifleJul 5, 2010
Fireworks...pretty much the only thing that governments do right.
pistocheJul 5, 2010
Explains the prevalence of cancer...
milsorgnJul 5, 2010
Re-f**king-tard
spishJul 5, 2010
go search for "SNAP-9A" and read about the Plutonium 238 that was nicely distributed across the globe. that's a cancer link.
Closed AccountJul 5, 2010
Video?
jman5Jul 5, 2010
follow the NPR link.
sloiJul 5, 2010
ONE SECOND LATER
'nuff said.
o1dord3rJul 5, 2010
Little to preachy for me. I'll stay with "World War Z" and "A Canticle for Leibowitz" for my post apocalyptic fiction.
mike215Jul 5, 2010
you can see alot of that old nuke testing footage on the doc Trinity and Beyond
perkoffJul 5, 2010
You know how our sun is going to become really big and the flames from it are gonna be in the earths orbit, you think they could make like a spaceship slash bulldozer thing to go on the side of the earth and push it over, or is there something to do with magnets that would prevent this.
BTW how the f**k do magnets work? People be making fun of ICP because they asked a valid question.
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particleman420Jul 5, 2010
i sure hope you're trolling
scuba7183Jul 23, 2010
Such poor trolling though...
fuzzybeardJul 5, 2010
@perkoff We'll all have long since become dust and maybe myth by the time that day rolls around.
chompyJul 5, 2010
Well we've got about 3 trillion years to work out a way to handle that problem, so I'm not too worried about it.
joannchiladaJul 5, 2010
Lamest troll ever.
chrizzly89Jul 5, 2010
Because that is what we need.
varsaraJul 5, 2010
I've noticed that whenever fireworks go off everybody forgets their troubles and enjoys life for a brief moment. That being said I believe the president should just set off a huge ass bomb every day and nobody will complain about him being in office
kerouac906Jul 5, 2010
Bush tried that, look where it got him.
withearsJul 5, 2010
It released Zod from the Phantom Zone.
zzzblazJul 5, 2010
Dugg for attempt at making this relevant to today. (sad attempt, but a good one)
co7926Jul 5, 2010
I want to see this in 3D
dlan4327Jul 5, 2010
Still no mutants. : (
sputnikvJul 5, 2010
to see "...if a man-made explosion might 'alter' the natural shape of the [Earth's magnetic] belts."
...that's assuring
dzhastinJul 5, 2010
It's not just assuring, it's reassuring too.
robdazombaJul 5, 2010
Jizzmodo... buried.
ravenlarkJul 5, 2010
Ever since I watched the original Stargate, I wondered what a nuke in space would look now.
Now I know.
muffinmonkJul 5, 2010
WE'VE BEAN EMP'D! OUR ELECKTRONICKS ARE OUFFLINE!!!!!1
dartmanxJul 5, 2010
This sounds like one of the transcredible exploits of Zap Brannigan to me.
fcrowJul 5, 2010
So what was the conclusion?
coelomateJul 5, 2010
I don't want to set the world on fire...
networkinnerdJul 5, 2010
Great, now this song will be stuck in my head all day.
diggbJul 5, 2010
From the NPR vid: "This is maybe the greatest manmade lightshow that we never want to see ... again."
chocchunkoatiesJul 5, 2010
NUKES IN SPAAAAAACCEEE!
daiichiJul 5, 2010
Anyone else just a little bit uncomfortable that there were (and likely still are) scientists who think "hey I bet you that if I explode A in an environment B, the earth's electronic field might be altered and all life on earth might be extinguished--now let's find out!"
I wonder if aluminum foil hats DO work?
tyrghastJul 5, 2010
Messing with the earth's magnetic field? Tesla could have split the world in two, 80 years ago.
glbernsJul 5, 2010
AMERICA! F**K YEAH!
linksusJul 8, 2010
tard
haz3rdJul 5, 2010
So, when I get bored, I just play Portal. Again. When the government gets bored, they nuke the sky.
I need some better friends...
lolwtfomgJul 5, 2010
"I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit"
aaronhoffmeyerJul 5, 2010
Typical digg. All submissions pointing to the source NPR site, but the pointer site ends up with all the diggs.
I was an NBC warfare specialist in the 80s with a secret clearance and, while I knew about this blast, I could not find out much about it as much of it was top secret or higher. I was privy to a few manuals that contained interesting information, especially regarding radiation burns, but almost all of that was available at your local library too. Anyway, I am glad that much more information has been declassified.
youngcebJul 5, 2010
thats not funny
lostngoneJul 11, 2010
And we are upset at BP for spilling a little oil.
Why isn't anyone outraged at this?
Just because it happened a few decides ago, no one seems to care? I would say trying to alter Earth's magnetic field would be classified as a "bad" thing.
It isn't like you can undo/clean up something like that up.
firesightsJul 21, 2010
"Code-named "Starfish Prime" by the military, it literally created an artificial extension of the Van Allen belts that could be seen across the Pacific Ocean, from Hawaii to New Zealand."
Will people please stop using the word "literally" as a method to emphasize a point? I expect to overhear that in a conversation with a bunch of frat guys talking about how much they are "literally" going to drink this weekend, but not in an NPR article.
agentdJul 24, 2010
RTFA Brah, it LITERALLY Extended the Van Allen radiation belt.
You, are doing it wrong.