An Israeli Electromagnetic Impulse Attack Could Throw Iran Back to the Stone Age
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, September 9, 2012, 9:12 AM
That’s not saying much.
An Israel EMP attack on Iran could send the country back to the “Stone Ages.”
Israel National News reported, via Free Republic:
Israel might attack Iran by using electromagnetic impulses (EMP) that could cripple the country by shutting down its electronics and sending the Islamic Republic “back to the Stone Age,” The London Sunday Times reported.
EMP causes non-lethal gamma energy to react with the magnetic field and produces a powerful electromagnetic shock wave that can destroy electronic devices, especially those used in Iran’s nuclear plants.
The shock wave would knock out Iran’s power grid and communications systems for transport and financial services, leading to economic collapse.
The “back to the Stone Age” tactic was proposed in the right-wing publication Israel National News by Joe Tuzara, a US writer who said signs that Iran was speeding up development of nuclear weapons should be met with a pre-emptive EMP strike.
The idea previously was published by Dr. Joe Tuzara in Arutz Sheva. A former clinical research-physician-general surgeon for Saudi Arabian, Philippine and American healthcare systems, he wrote, “The wild card is in Israel’s hand – with Electronic Magnetic Pulse (EMP) inscribed on it. If Israel chooses one of its Jericho III missiles to detonate a single EMP warhead at high altitude over north central Iran, there will be with no blast or radiation effects on the ground.”
He explained that one effect of the EMP attack would be that, “Iran’s uranium enrichment centrifuges in Fordo, Natanz and widely scattered elsewhere, would freeze for decades.”
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Granny commented:
I read this on an Israeli website several days ago. The very next day Canada announced that it was closing its embassy – and the Brits are pulling out too.
Breitbart has had a similar article up for several days now –
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/07/The-Polls-Israel-and-Irans-Nuclear-Ambition
bill mitchell commented:
I’ve made this point before. Destroying Iran’s ability to make their own nukes will NOT prevent them from getting nukes. Does Israel make their own nukes? No? Where did they get them? From us.
What is to stop Russia or China from providing nukes by the truckload to Iran? Nothing.
So an Israeli EMP starts World War 3 for nothing. Better to just let Iran have their nukes with the assurance their cities will be turned to glass if they ever use them. All of the “wipe Israel from the map” business is just bluster and saber rattling. Iran knows that by destroying Israel they would be committing suicide.
I mean think about this. Pakistan has nukes. Have they used them? No.
bill mitchell commented:
We let the EMP genie out of the bottle at our own peril.
Male Silverback commented:
I know a few things about EMP and what I know of it is that an EMP at high altitude travels really far and can effect a fairly large grid. There were documented cases of high altitude nuclear tests doing just that. I hope the science has been improved enough so that the target area is the only area that is zapped.
Granny commented:
#2 Bill Mitchell – All of the “wipe Israel from the map” business is just bluster and saber rattling.
You don’t know much history, do you?
Leaving aside Hitler, who made some pretty serious inroads on the “wipe the Jews from the face of the earth” meme, there have been at least 4 attempts by the Arabs to collectively “wipe Israel from the map” and it has only been by the grace of God and the skin of Israel’s teeth that they have not succeeded. And that was before the Arabs had the benefit of training and weaponry courtesy of the USA.
You really should read more.
chuck in st paul commented:
While an enjoyable thought, this is a stupid thing to do. The towelhead leaders don’t care and will use it to whip up outrage amongst the population. By trashing the electric/electronic system of the country, or even just Teheran, you will piss off a whole lot of people you really want on your side as they hate the ayatollas right now but would switch to you if you do this.
duh.
Larkin commented:
A stone-age Iran?
Works for me. I can’t think of a more deserving caliphate.
bill mitchell commented:
Granny, before attempting to insult me, please describe for me an hsitorical scenario in which anyone used NUKES to wipe Israel from the map?
Right.
Also, if Israel pops an EMP over Iran you think Russia and China will just say “bad Israel” and leave it at that? What would we do if Iran dropped an EMP on Israel? Right, you get the picture. If Israel wants to ASSURE they are wiped off the map, let them do this foolish EMP thing.
The one deterrent that has worked for 50 years with nukes will continue to work. Mutually assured destruction.
And again, Russia and China can just GIVE Iran nukes. They don’t need to build their own. As a matter of fact to defuse this whole situation Russia should announce they are doing just that.
bill mitchell commented:
I can promise you one thing with 100% assurance. Israel uses an EMP over Iran and Israel will cease to exist and might take us down with them.
Again the best solution to defuse this whole mess would be for Russia just to give Iran nukes or at least say they have and that would be the end of it. If Russia does what can we say? We gave Israel nukes.
Granny commented:
#8 Bill Mitchell – apparently you do not read well either. I highlighted the exact part of your rather foolish statement that I was addressing. Neither you nor I mentioned nukes in conjunction with wiping Israel off the face of the earth, though I am confident that there are certainly those among Israel’s enemies who wouldn’t hesitate to use nukes if they could actually lay hands on one.
Gregor commented:
Bill Mitchell, you’re embarrassing yourself. Please stop. You’re apparently living in a cave somewhere and have absolutely no knowledge of the Islamic faith and the reasons Muslims BLOW THEMSELVES UP. They worship death. They crave to die for Allah. Your “mutually assured destruction” is simply going to motivate them even further. WAKE UP and educate yourself before commenting in public forums. Do some research for a few days on the “Twelfth Imam.”
bg commented:
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not to mention where it would take US..
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The real Wow commented:
What, you mean Iran isn’t there already? And here I thought it was still living in the Stone Age. Who would have though!
onbe commented:
Throw back to the stone age? They never left the stone age !
vangrungy commented:
muslims would happily sacrifice their women and children to wipe the JOOZ from the face of the earth so that the islamic FINAL HOUR comes.
The Bible warns of End Times, the quran instructs how to bring about the End Times.
chillguy33 commented:
onbe has it correct. Islam is permanent stone age – the acid test is equality for women, with a few other easy criteria. E.g. dirt poverty is endemic in Islam.
What are the rest, thread?
Best regards to all, and to onbe.
Chillguy33
Sharon commented:
#8 Bill Mitchell
Mutually assured destruction will not deter those who believe an apocalypse is necessary to bring forth the Mahdi. We aren’t talking about rational people.
#7 Larkin Sounds good to me, too. Not sure of the consequences, though.
#15 vangrungy Well said. May all of the jihadis’ virgins look like Miss Piggy.
Many Iranian people do not support the theocracy. Would such an event help or hurt those seeking reform?
James Wolfe commented:
Iran is NOT like Russia. Mutually Assured Destruction only works if both sides wish not to be destroyed. If you are of an extreme faith and believe that by destroying your enemy you will be assured a place in heaven then you have no fear of death. If you believe that your actions will cause the great war that will lead to the return of your religious leader who will save all your people and vanquish all your enemies you have everything to gain and nothing to lose. You can’t negotiate with someone who is willing to strap bombs to themselves and their children in order to kill you. They do not fear your words or your threats. They are not afraid of retribution. They will destroy Israel then smile and pray to Allah as the bombs fall on their own heads. Israel has no choice but to destroy them first.
David commented:
Too good to be true
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