North Korea: EMP Threat, North Koreas Capabilities for Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack

Abstract

The West consistently and unwittingly cooperates with North Korea by underestimating the advancement, sophistication, and strategic implications of North Koreas nuclear weapons and missile programs. Thus, under the nose of the U.S. Intelligence Community, North Korea surprised the world by demonstrating ICBMs that could target any city in the United States and a hydrogen bomb in the summer of 2017.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 06, 2021
Accession Number
AD1135779

Entities

People

  • Peter V. Pry

Organizations

  • United States Department of Homeland Security

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Gamma Rays
  • High Altitude
  • Intelligence Community
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • National Security
  • North Korea
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Orbits
  • Security
  • Space Systems
  • Space-To-Earth Weapons
  • Trajectories
  • United States

Readers

  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Strategic Security Studies