Top general: Feds shrug off potential EMP disaster

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Washington Examiner:

Michael Hayden, the retired Air Force general who ran the National Security Agency and the CIA, revealed on Tuesday that the administration has no plan to defend against an electromagnetic pulse — and isn't doing much to come up with one.

 

At a conference to discuss threats to the U.S. electrical grid, especially from a cyber attack, Hayden said that there isn't a solution to handling an EMP attack, which can come from a solar eruption or nuclear bomb.

 

Asked about EMP defense at the conference hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center, Hayden said that while he was a government official there was agreement that the issue is a serious one, but is also too difficult to solve quickly.

 

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"We had good meetings, realize that this is a really hard problem, and finally decide that we need to meet again on this in two or three months," he said.

"I don't mean to be so flippant, but there really aren't any ... solutions to this so I will just leave it at that," added Hayden.