Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses; March 26, 2019

[mahatmakanejeeves]

EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses
INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGY

Issued on: March 26, 2019

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Purpose. An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) has the potential to disrupt, degrade, and damage technology and critical infrastructure systems. Human-made or naturally occurring EMPs can affect large geographic areas, disrupting elements critical to the Nation’s security and economic prosperity, and could adversely affect global commerce and stability. The Federal Government must foster sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective approaches to improving the Nation’s resilience to the effects of EMPs.

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[SWBTATTReg]

1. Why is something like this needed? The federal government already has a mandate to defend...

American interests and assets by definition (the Dept of Defense). Why so specific an executive order needed? Is there something going on that we're not aware of or is rump hyping this up?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I don't know. The announcement goes on forever.

It mentions several departments.

[defacto7]

3. Considering Trump's usual logic,

When is he planning to use EMP's as a weapon or as a device for control that this is meant to cover up? Just turn his statements backward and we might know something.