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Congressional Commission Warns of Advanced Iranian Weapon Meant to Attack USA
A congressional commission warns that Iran is developing an advanced missile and a nuclear warhead meant to paralyze the United States.
The Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse has concluded that Iran was planning to conduct a nuclear attack that could disable U.S. infrastructure. The commission said Iran could install a nuclear warhead on a Shihab-3 missile that would result in an electromagnetic pulse that would destroy power, software and electronics. This is the first time such an official warning has been issued. But, the topic has been speculated for sometime.
“Iran has also tested high-altitude explosions of the Shihab-3 a test mode consistent with EMP attack, and described the tests as successful. Iranian military writings explicitly discuss a nuclear EMP attack that would gravely harm the United States,” commission chairman William Graham said. “While the commission does not know the intention of Iran in conducting these activities, we are disturbed by the capability that emerges when we connect the dots.”
That missile alternatively named Zelzal (Earthquake)] has a range of 1,350 to 1,500 kilometers (839-932 miles). So it could not reach the continental USA from Iran. Nor does Iran have a submarine capable of subsurface missile launching. So, the weapon would have to be loaded onto a ship and make it to the near coast of the USA. and launch the weapon without being detected and blown to smithereens. If it was successful it would devastate the U. S. infrastructure for months and even years.
The attack scenario involves detonating a nuclear warhead over mid America. The area effected depends upon the size of the nuclear device used and the altitude where detonated.
Congressional Democrats Dance and Dither While Americans Drown
Inaction on Oil Causing Largest Transfer of Wealth in World’s History
Thursday seeking to spur oil companies to drill in already leased lands introduced a “use is or lose it law” apparently not knowing that is already the law. Congressional Democrats are scrambling to appear pro-drilling - hence the “Drill Act” title for Thursday’s bill - even as their leaders appear dead set against reversing the long-standing drilling bans along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Speaker Pelosi and Senator Feinstein pandered to Californians’ who according to a new Field Poll still oppose offshore drilling despite paying record high gasoline prices.
Rather than acting to unlock more oil Democrats have ranted about gouging, speculators, and of course what they say are sins of the Bush administration. Congressional job approval ratings have fallen to single digits as they dither and dawdle while motorists suffer.
The national debt is $9,512,671,965,066.07 (trillion) or $31,253.44 for every man, woman and child in the nation. And thanks primarily to inaction on domestic oil production it is increasing $1.73 billion a day. This will be the largest transfer of wealth in world history.