North Korea’s SuperBowl Show

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

North Korea observed the fiftieth Super Bowl by orbiting a satellite over the stadium shortly after the last quarter ended.  The ability of a bankrupt totalitarian regime to achieve such a feat – even briefly – would be something of a marvel if it were not so ominous.  

Two prominent experts – former Clinton Director of Central Intelligence James Woolsey and CIA veteran Dr. Peter Vincent Pry – have warned that such satellites could be used by the North Koreans to deliver a catastrophic attack against this country’s electric grid.  By detonating a nuclear weapon at the altitude of a satellite in low earth orbit, an attacker could blanket most of the United States with devastating electromagnetic pulses. 

It turns out the Russians gave Pyongyang a design for a super EMP weapon.  Fortunately, it wasn’t used Sunday night.  We must protect our grid against future attacks. 

This is Frank Gaffney.