[LINK] EMP fearmongering returns

[Richard Chirgwin]

*This* made me feel old ...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/24/emp_uk/

> A campaign by US right wingers, designed to raise fears of an 
> electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack they allege could cripple Western 
> nations and lead to chaos, is targeting British politicians, with some 
> success.
>
> James Arbuthnot, the Conservative chairman of the Defence Select 
> Committee, recently questioned the government's preparedness against 
> the supposed threat, which critics dismiss as scaremongering and say 
> is promoted to lobby for defence spending.
>
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