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Jon Kyl: “A successful EMP attack would not require a high level of military or nuclear sophistication.”

On the recordAugust 3, 2010
A successful EMP attack would not require a high level of military or nuclear sophistication.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

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Kyl warns that EMP attacks can be executed with minimal technology.

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