Experts have warned that North Korea now has satellites orbiting over the United States capable of performing a surprise electromagnetic pulse attack at an altitude and trajectory that evade U.S. National Missile Defenses. North Korea has two satellites launched in 2012 and 2016 that orbit the earth over the United States.
An electromagnetic pulse or EMP weapon uses a burst of electromagnetic radiation created from a nuclear explosion at high-altitude to destroy electrical and electronic systems basically rolling back a population literally to a dark age.
Dr Peter Vincent Pry warned that North Korea is positioning its satellites in a ‘nuclear missile age, cyberage version’ of battleship diplomacy ‘so that they can always have one of them very close to being over the United States’.
Pry is executive director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security and director of the U.S. Nuclear Strategy Forum, both congressional advisory boards. He also served on the congressionally mandated EMP commission and as an analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency.
Pry said that while the U.S. is aware of the satellites, it is unable to determine their payloads. The federal government hasn’t commented as much on the satellites as it has on North Korea’s ability to launch a missile capable of reaching the U.S.
Pry also suggested Pyongyang may be taking its inspiration from a plan the USSR drew up to attack America with an EMP during the Cold War. He added that a recent North Korean test rocket launch looked ‘suspiciously’ like practice for an EMP attack.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his rocket forces to prepare for a nuclear attack on the U.S. and the communist regime has released videos depicting nuclear attacks on Washington and New York City.