EMP Not The Best Weapon

 By Micah D. Halpern

I've Been Thinking:

The Sunday Times of London has brought up the secret weapon that Israel might use against the Iranians.  It is the EMP or, in long hand, the electromagnetic pulse.

The Times calls the EMP the weapon of choice in an attack against Iran because it is considered non lethal.

The principle behind the EMP is that a huge microwave or gamma wave crashes and burns every electronic element in Iran.  Every machine that operates on electricity and battery would be fried rendering the Iranians powerless in the face of an Israeli attack.

The Times piece focused on the gamma ray.  It is highly unlikely that Israel would use a nuclear ray.  And to my mind, at this point, it is unlikely that Israel would use the EMP - period.  They have much more precise electronic jamming and disabling weapons.   The Israelis could easily shut down all phone, computer, internet and other communications without using the EMP.

The EMP would take out hospitals and pacemakers.  It would knock out the water supply and the sewage.  There would be crises in the streets and a huge shortage of food and supplies.  Within hours Iran would be thrust into internal anarchy and mayhem.

This would not be Israel’s objective.  Israel’s fight is not with the Iranian people.  Israel’s goal is to cripple or delay Iran’s nuclear development.

Micah@MicahHalpern.com

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