Britain at Risk from 'GoldenEye' Electromagnetic Pulse Attack from Space, MPs Warn
Thursday, 23 February 2012 09:10
'A nuclear device detonated up to 500 miles above the earth's surface could generate an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) with a "devastating" effect on power supplies, telecommunications and other vital systems, the Commons Defence Committee said.
It warned that countries such as Iran - which is resisting international pressure to end its nuclear programme - and even eventually some "non-state actors" could acquire the technology to mount such an attack, in a scenario akin to the plot of the 1995 James Bond film 'GoldenEye'.
Terrorists could also build a "crude" non-nuclear EMP weapon, with the power to cause disruption over a more limited area.'
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