| | [[Newt Gingrich]] and other [[conservative]]s such as [[:Category:Survivalists| survivalist]]s [[James Wesley Rawles]], [[Joel Skousen]], [[Alex Jones]], [[Kenneth Royce]], [[Jack Spirko]], [[Dave Duffy]], [[Ragnar Benson]] and [[Alex Barron]] have written about and are concerned with the [[preparedness]] of [[America]]'s power grid transformers against [[threat]]s from modern adversaries such as [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]] [[terrorists]], [[China]], [[Russia]] and [[North Korea]]. They consider the current "hardening" of transformers to be a major issue requiring investment.<ref>[[One Second After]] written by [[William Forstchen]] with a forward by [[Newt Gingrich]] discusses this potentially major threat to modern power transformers: [http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-After-William-Forstchen Amazon.com], Tor Books, 2011. Accessed January 5, 2015.</ref> | | [[Newt Gingrich]] and other [[conservative]]s such as [[:Category:Survivalists| survivalist]]s [[James Wesley Rawles]], [[Joel Skousen]], [[Alex Jones]], [[Kenneth Royce]], [[Jack Spirko]], [[Dave Duffy]], [[Ragnar Benson]] and [[Alex Barron]] have written about and are concerned with the [[preparedness]] of [[America]]'s power grid transformers against [[threat]]s from modern adversaries such as [[Islam]]ic [[jihad]] [[terrorists]], [[China]], [[Russia]] and [[North Korea]]. They consider the current "hardening" of transformers to be a major issue requiring investment.<ref>[[One Second After]] written by [[William Forstchen]] with a forward by [[Newt Gingrich]] discusses this potentially major threat to modern power transformers: [http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-After-William-Forstchen Amazon.com], Tor Books, 2011. Accessed January 5, 2015.</ref> |