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Congress echoes Trump EMP concerns, Iran weapon feared

By Paul Bedard

Published January 6, 2020 1:22pm ET

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Congress echoes Trump EMP concerns, Iran weapon feared — The darkened Manhattan skyline is seen from Brooklyn after the city was hit by a power failure, July 13, 1977. An EMP attack could darken vast swaths of the nation and for months.

President Trump has made preparing for an electromagnetic pulse attack cool.

Long met with eye-rolling, the growing threat of an EMP attack on the nation’s electric grid and military bases by Iran or other foes has suddenly gone mainstream following Trump’s March executive order to assess the risks of a man-made or natural EMP hit.

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