Marine and Army squads to get laser directed 40MM grenade rounds

[Peter1469]

If EMP should knock out electronics that we have become totally dependent on, it will be chaos, I think.

It certainly would. The EMP commission estimates that up to 90% of Americans would be dead within a year.

[Tahuyaman]

It certainly would. The EMP commission estimates that up to 90% of Americans would be dead within a year.

I don't believe it would be nearly that bad.

[Peter1469]

I don't believe it would be nearly that bad.

It would be very high. Maybe not that high. That number is a worse case scenario. But they explain it in their findings.

Most Americans would have a hard time living in a pre-industrial age world.

[Tahuyaman]

It would be very high. Maybe not that high. That number is a worse case scenario. But they explain it in their findings.

Most Americans would have a hard time living in a pre-industrial age world.

People can be stronger and more resilient when it's forced upon them.

[Peter1469]

People can be stronger and more resilient when it's forced upon them.

And people will starve to death, die of dehydration, die from lack of medications (like diabetics), die of disease, be killed by criminal gangs, etc. The EMP commission goes into a lot of detail.