EMP security

The EMP threat: Could Israel be blacked out?

Any modern country such as Israel hit by an EMP could see its critical infrastructure instantly collapse in communications, water, transportation, banking, finance and food.

Studies project that this combined collapse could cause wide-spread starvation and disease, and death from smaller threats such as fires which would be less controllable because of a lack of water.

Former chief scientist of the National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Ministry Shlomo Vlad said at the conference that an EMP attack is a real threat that Israel must be concerned about.

The EMP threat may be more likely to materialize than a traditional nuclear bomb striking the territory of a country, he said.