British Defence Secretary Dr. Liam Fox issued a stark warning at an international security conference recently that rogue states could use nuclear weapons to attack Britain’s vital communications and electricity networks from space. British officials believe such an attack involving a nuclear detonation would destroy vital electronic systems by producing an electromagnetic pulse, Fox said. Fox also told the international conference on the vulnerability of electricity grids around the world to natural disaster and hostile attack, that an impending “solar flare” space storm could produce just as much damage to communication networks.Read more from the British Telegraph.
British Defense Chief Warns of EMP Threat
