Trump first president to protect electric grid from EMP, cyberattacks

Published December 20, 2017 5:03pm ET



President Trump became the first national leader to call for protecting the U.S electric and communications grid against an electromagnetic attack like one practiced in North Korea.

Deep in his new national security strategy released this week, he made good on a campaign promise to move quickly to make the fixes that proponents have long called for.

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