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Naw. We became so dependent on our electrical infrastructure that non-working ATM is just one more additional woe. If you want EMP resiliency, you may want to
by kiba 9y ago
Naw. We became so dependent on our electrical infrastructure that non-working ATM is just one more additional woe.
If you want EMP resiliency, you may want to invest at least a few billion into it. Of course, steering the governmental budget to spend money on stuff that only raise electrical bill and will only prove its worth in an emergency and catastrophic situation is a hard pill to swallow, especially when there are competing priorities.
- Animats 9y agoIf we want EMP resiliency, we need to stop export controls on it. (US Munitions List [1], page 24.) It's not hard, or even expensive. All portable devices without cables could easily be EMP protected. Cars and trucks, especially, should be EMP-tested. Long wires are more of a problem. Lightning and surge protection devices should include EMP protection; some do, just because the devices are fast enough.[2] Fiber optic cables are totally immune to EMP. We're not going to get it from China. Anti-static Mylar bags are touted on Alibaba as "EMP protection". They're not. [1] https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/documents/official_itar/ITAR_Part_121.pdf https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/documents/offi... [2] http://www.futurescience.com/emp/EMP-myths.html http://www.futurescience.com/emp/EMP-myths.html