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‘Modern’ planes, tanks, ships and atmosphere over Johnston Island in the destroy almost all electrical communi- ‘Modern’ planes, tanks, Pacific. One result was that all commu- cation and weapons systems before a ships and nications in Hawaii (and within a fif- shot could be fired. ‘Modern’ planes, ‘ ld teen-hundred kilometre radius) were | tanks, ships and guidance systems guidance sy stems wou temporarily blacked out - three hundred would be immobilised, continent- be immobilised, Hawaiian streetlights baie tad wide, by a single small nuclear weapon. continent-wide, by a lines fused and TV sets exp . “To achieve surprise in a war,” ¢ Another result was the signing in | says a Soviet war manual, “high alti- single small nuclear 1962, at the height of the ‘Cold War’, of tude nuciear expiosions can be car- weapon. the space weapons testing ban. This was ried out to destroy systems of con- —— because the Americans had discovered - trol and communication.” How many or demonstrated - the effects of an satellites are in orbit today? How mamy Money Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) | carry nuclear weapons? In 1984, the United States gained the which issues from a nuclear blast at an E.M_P. is one more reason why the dibious!distiucion)oP making aud altitude of between 40 and 400 kilom- superpowers have not been arming for money from the sale of weapons than etres. a ‘real’ war for a generation (and why anything else; US$300 billion in that This was never mentioned at the the Swiss have all military computers year alone. i timeand the 1962 treaty waspassedover | buried at least 600 metres under- One-third of the US Federal bu dget asa mutual back-slapping gesture. The ground). goes to the military and a quarter of the public only knows about EMP today due Lethal Umbrella US Gross Domestic Product is military- to 1976 revelations in the world press oriented, so the US Congress has a about the Soviet MIG 25 Foxbat inter- Most of the money in nuclear weap- vested interest in the job-creation ceptor, which was flown to Japan bya | onry comes from reprocessing war- | brought about by ‘defence work’ con- Set ableton anil ai suea ens heads which have exceeded their shelf- tracts granted in their constituencies. Foxbat used valves instead of more | . life. All fifty thousand are reprocessed In 1981, Rockwell International told advanced circuitry and had a ‘second | every few years. This big money is in | Congress that the B-1B bomber would skin’ to stop electromagnetic radiation. the hands of the nuclear energy ag- be built from parts manufactured in 50 EMP has a number of extraordinary | glomerates. Even more illions of dol- | states - Congress bought the B-/B electromagnetic and electrostatic ef- | larsare being committed to the ‘Strate- | bomber. fects: massive electromagnetic pulses | gic Defence Initiative’ (SDI) - another 1984 estimates that up to 50% of the cause grid-connected power or tele- | system which isnot being builtto work | [Ug workforce is engaged in ‘defence- phone lines to carry 10 million volts at (at least in the way in which it is ex- | elated’ work cannot be adequately up to 10,000 amperes, transistors in cir- | plained) for the following reason: tested, as military programs are deeply cuits will bum out, TVs and telephones SDI is designed to ‘protect’ the integrated into ‘civilian’ sectors - butthe will explode like bombs and people will West by shooting down incoming mis- 1988 US ‘defence’ budget is $US304 be electrocuted in metal bathtubs con- siles. It is promoted as an ‘umbrella of | pillion. nected to pipes. protection’. Continued Next Page ee ee eee ee eee 22 Nexus New Times Three continent-wide, by a single small nuclear weapon. Money ground). In November 1961 the United States guidance systems would be immobilised, Lethal Umbrella Continued Next Page Nexus New Times Three