Experts fear North Korea could wipe out U.S. in one strike

After creating a widespread fear psychosis related to a nuclear and a biological war being plotted by North Korea, now a completely different kind of fear has emerged from the reclusive nation. Experts have now revealed that an electromagnetic pulse attack by Pyongyang could be so devastating that it could wipe out 90 percent of the U.S. population. Experts warned the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that North Korea could wipe out America’s electricity and food supplies, and destroy its entire population with an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. EMPs, that are transported via warheads above the earth’s atmosphere, release rapid and invisible bursts of electromagnetic energy that could jam an entire continent’s entire power grid, phone lines, and internet. A congressional report titled ‘North Korea Nuclear EMP Attack: An Existential Threat’ stated that since EMPs spread in a radius of hundreds or even thousands of kilometres, such attack wouldn’t require as much accuracy to hit a target than other weapons such as intercontinental ballistic missiles. The congressional report added, “After massive intelligence failures grossly underestimating North Korea’s long-range missile capabilities, number of nuclear weapons, warhead miniaturization, and proximity to an H-Bomb, the biggest North Korean threat to the U.S. remains unacknowledged nuclear EMP attack”. The report warned finally that North Korea could launch an EMP attack on the U.S. “by launching a short-range missile off a freighter or submarine or by lofting a warhead to 30 kilometres burst height by balloon, or an EMP attack might be made by a North Korean satellite, right now. “The former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich has repeatedly warned that the U.S. was unprepared for such an attack”.