P r o l o g u e
It is the third decade of the 21st century, and man has achieved by far the most technologically advanced civilization in human history. Countries have launched satellites outside of the solar
system, have established the first permanent base on the moon, and have even sent people to Mars.
It is the period of humanity’s greatest technological achievements, a time commonly referred to, as “the Golden Age.” Indeed, man has mastered the modern world through his technology. From almost any perspective, it truly is a Golden Age.
Very few scientists and politicians however, have considered the significant downside of this complete and irreversible dependence that humanity now has on technology, or its inherent
weakness.
During the waning years of the Golden Age, the United States Congress commissioned a study of the impact of an electromagnetic pulse attack against the United States’ critical infrastructures
and the aftermath of such an attack. Included in the report was an assessment of how deeply electronic components had become imbedded in the country’s critical infrastructures ranging from aqueducts to power plants.
Scientists studied the likely aftermath of an EMP attack against the United States, and its impact on society. What they found terrified them …