EMP: The Biggest Unaddressed Threat to the Grid
By A Mystery Man Writer
Description
The electricity grid has been characterized as the world’s largest and most complicated machine. The grid, like all machines, requires periodic upgrades and maintenance to prevent outages during the normal course of business, and it can be brought down by various outside forces. Solar flares and cyber attacks have temporarily crippled the machine, but an electromagnetic pulse event would be the “ultimate cyber security catastrophe.”
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PPT - Commission to Assess the Threat from High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP): Overview PowerPoint Presentation - ID:1278079
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Energy Storage Developments and Demand Ramp Up
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