EMP Talk

I don't do the Midrats show with Eagle1 and CDR Salamander anymore, but listening to the podcast of previous weeks show has become something I like to do early in my work week while banging out stuff on the desk. This week though, I may have to tune in live if time allows.

When you mention the possibility of an Electro Magnetic Pulse attack (EMP) - people have a reaction of, "What?" - either that or they get all fidgety or roll their eyes. Is the EMP threat trick or treat? Join bloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" this Halloween to discuss the issue with their guests Jason Sigger, defense policy analyst, opinion writer and blogg'r for the first half of the hour. For the second half of the hour, James Carafano, Ph.D., Deputy Director, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies and Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.

Jason Sigger's blog is one of the longest running links on Information Dissemination. Back in the early days of the blog I used a slogan "Observations of an Armchair Admiral" as kind of a branding technique for my alias. This was before folks started calling me Ray. I admit it; I borrowed the idea from Jason's blog name.

I am yet to meet James Carafano, but our schedules never seem to work out when I'm in DC. I never actually had a reason to meet him until I learned about his current book project - a history of the modern military. He is editing a new book series, The Changing Face of War, which examines how emerging political, social, economic and cultural trends will affect the nature of armed conflict. Modern history of war that studies modern trends? Sounds like my kind of book.