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by jonathankoren
2126 days ago
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You are very misinformed about how satellite launches are publicized, and about the US launch on warning policy. Even if you are too young to remember the Cold War, a simple google search will confirm this. Again, the threat of an EMP attack is absurd, perpetuated by fundamentally not serious people. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/21/electromagnetic-pulses-... |
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Then tell me, where is the difference between North Korea saying "we will be launching this peaceful satellite of peace" and launching a spy satellite, and North Korea saying the same and launching a nuke satellite? Same orbit, same weight, contents kept secret to the best of their ability (and possibly swapped last minute in secret), same orbital timer to trigger it, only difference is whether it takes pictures or goes boom.
> and about the US launch on warning policy
https://www.armscontrol.org/act/1997-11/news/clinton-issues-... states:
Bell pointed out that while the United States has always had the "technical capability" to implement a policy of launch on warning, it has chosen not to do so. "Our policy is to confirm that we are under nuclear attack with actual detonations before retaliating," he said.
> https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/21/electromagnetic-pulses-....
This just says that a nuclear EMP attack would start nuclear war (or rather, nuclear retaliation if the EMP nuke was the only one the attacking country had/could deliver).
An EMP attack by Russia is indeed unlikely.