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http://news.yahoo.com/us-aerospace-command-moving-comms-gear-back-cold-015320113.htmlApril 7, 2015 9:53 PM
The shift to the Cheyenne Mountain base in Colorado is designed to safeguard the command's sensitive sensors and servers from a potential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, military officers said.
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Admiral William Gortney, head of NORAD and Northern Command, said that "because of the very nature of the way that Cheyenne Mountain's built, it's EMP-hardened."
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The Cheyenne mountain bunker is a half-acre cavern carved into a mountain in the 1960s that was designed to withstand a Soviet nuclear attack. From inside the massive complex, airmen were poised to send warnings that could trigger the launch of nuclear missiles.
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gordianot
(15,242 posts).. in the room.
I wonder if that is still in place?
Interesting
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)Our power grid is the most sensitive part of our survival. A massive Carrington event, or a successful EMP weapon, could bring the grid down for months, even years. No electricity for a prolonged period would cause a major disruption to the economy. It would shut down transportation within hours. No fresh water for millions of people. No cold storage for perishable foods. It would be devastating.
We need the utilities to spend a few $$$ to harden the grid. We need every large grocery store, warehouse, gas station, and water works to have emergency power immediately or at least quickly available.
On an individual level, we need more Ham Radio operators with old fashioned analog equipment, as the Internet and the mobile phone systems will be down hard in such an emergency.
2naSalit
(86,743 posts)power generation is the only way to go as far as I can tell. Centralized systems lend themselves to too many vulnerabilities from EMP to terrorist attack to other natural disaster problems to ENRON type problems..
DustyJoe
(849 posts)Now isn't that a comforting thought on the current state of nuclear/conventional threat standoffs, that the Military think it's expedient to move back to the shelter ? I guess the last few years Russian, Chinese, North Korean and Iranian constant litany of threats, overflights of nuclear bombers, running nuke subs up and down our coasts, missile tests and images of a nuke fireball over DC etc. finally got noticed by someone. Waiting for the "it's all propoganda", don't worry about it explainations. One wonders how long till the kids hiding under desks drill start. Welcome back to the Kruschev 60's, never thought i'd see that again.
I only thought we would be "safe" from such things for a very brief period. I recall the "under-the-desk" drills quite well having been in grade school in Key West, FL during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
And I am not surprised one bit.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)the agressive posturing, and your propaganda-feed, are just about 100% made in USA.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)in circa 1991. I don't know if it was the first time, I just remember it was a big deal and watching them go inside.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)Or is it just something the Pentagon is doing as a form of sabre rattling?
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)purposefully not publicly aiming this at the Russians or anyone else. If the US Military said they were doing this because of the Russians, that would be a significant escalation and a fairly provocative statement.
I think it is prudent given the increased hostility level from the Russians toward us and the rest of the West to include the new provocative flights of nuclear capable bombers into our airspace and the airspace of various European countries.
I don't know enough about the threats re: EMP. I will research that more to see. It's possible a rose is just a rose. But I have been thinking myself in the last year or so that this would be a reasonable response to increased hostility from Putin.