| | According to Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, executive director of the U.S. EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security, | | According to Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, executive director of the U.S. EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security, |
| − | {{quotebox|"China's military doctrine closely associates cyber-attacks with nuclear HEMP [high-altitude electromagnetic pulse] attack, as part of a combined operation in what they call Total Information Warfare. Cyber bugs and [[hacking]] are the tip of the spear, the functional equivalent of scouts and sappers who do reconnaissance and secretly prepare the beaches for the arrival of D-Day, or like the motorcycle troops that preceded the heavy armored divisions in Germany's Blitzkrieg. Therefore, China's cyber-attacks (for example, most notoriously in June 2015 on computers in virtually every federal agency, stealing sensitive information on millions of federal employees, reportedly on every employee of the Federal government) should be regarded as possible practice or preparation for Total Information Warfare—including nuclear HEMP attack. | + | {{quotebox|"China's military doctrine closely associates cyber-attacks with nuclear HEMP [high-altitude electromagnetic pulse] attack, as part of a combined operation in what they call Total Information Warfare. Cyber bugs and [[hacking]] are the tip of the spear, the functional equivalent of scouts and sappers who do reconnaissance and secretly prepare the beaches for the arrival of D-Day, or like the motorcycle troops that preceded the heavy armored divisions in Germany's Blitzkrieg. Therefore, China's cyber-attacks (for example, most notoriously in June 2015 on computers in virtually every federal agency, stealing sensitive information on millions of federal employees, reportedly on every employee of the Federal government) should be regarded as possible practice or preparation for Total Information Warfare—including nuclear HEMP attack."<ref>[https://archive.is/AL7lu CHINA: EMP THREAT]'', EMP Task Force on National and Homeland Security, Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, Executive Director, June 10, 2020.</ref>}} |