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LIFE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY:
STORM-INDUCED BLACKOUTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EMP ATTACK
by
Dr. Peter Vincent Pry
July 2017
This paper was drafted on June 20, 2003 to inform the work of the EMP Commission during 2001-2008, but could not be published because the Commission was terminated before Staff Papers could be submitted for security classification review. It is offered now for completeness of the analytical record.
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