🚨Congress is debating an EMP first strike to disable Russian planes.
They're calling it a "non-kinetic no-fly zone."
Here's a better name: "WW3."
They're calling it a "non-kinetic no-fly zone."
Here's a better name: "WW3."
https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1500961829509636099
This proposal is so insane that it would be funny, if there weren't lawmakers pushing it.
To ground Russian jets with an EMP, you'd need to detonate a nuclear warhead.
The "non-kinetic" option is literally a nuclear first strike.
To ground Russian jets with an EMP, you'd need to detonate a nuclear warhead.
The "non-kinetic" option is literally a nuclear first strike.
The claim that "sonar" could be used to ground Russian fighters is... incomprehensible?
It uses sound waves to detect objects underwater.
It doesn't magically stop planes from taking off.
Even our best electronic-warfare systems don't have that capability.
It uses sound waves to detect objects underwater.
It doesn't magically stop planes from taking off.
Even our best electronic-warfare systems don't have that capability.
The closest thing to a plausible claim here is the idea of using cyber attacks to disrupt Russian flight operations.
It's highly unlikely this would work: at most, there would be secondary impairment of Russian C&C.
The planes would almost certainly be able to take off.
It's highly unlikely this would work: at most, there would be secondary impairment of Russian C&C.
The planes would almost certainly be able to take off.
But if it *did* work it would be the form of cyber attack most likely to escalate to full conventional war.
If cyber is used to disable kinetic assets, the line between cyber and kinetic operations blurs.
The Russians would be very charitable to respect the distinction.
If cyber is used to disable kinetic assets, the line between cyber and kinetic operations blurs.
The Russians would be very charitable to respect the distinction.
In sum, this is all so completely insane that none of it will happen.
But the fact it's being discussed at all is an indictment of our political class.
You have to be a special kind of stupid to believe in a "non-kinetic no-fly zone."
Dumb enough to be a member of Congress.
But the fact it's being discussed at all is an indictment of our political class.
You have to be a special kind of stupid to believe in a "non-kinetic no-fly zone."
Dumb enough to be a member of Congress.
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