Things You Need to Know about Current Global and National Threats to Your Personal Security
Threat Summary
Overview of Key Areas
HOTSPOTS: China-Taiwan, Russia-Ukraine, Iran-Middle East
LAST UPDATED: Feb 2, 2024
Without Electricity... Can You Live Like It's 1880!?
THE MOST SERIOUS THREAT WE FACE IS...
The Power Grid being hacked/disabled if at war.
“If the grid went down for a long enough time…
90 percent of the U.S. population would die from starvation, lack of water, and social disruption. We are talking about total devastation.”
-- Ambassador Henry Cooper, Former Director of U.S. Strategic Defense
HOTSPOT: China-Taiwan
War with China? EXPECTED RISING
Chinese Attack on Taiwan expected 2025-2027 by most military experts and U.S. admirals in the Pacific.
China continues Military Actions against the Philippians and Japan in their own waters.
Strategic Importance of Taiwan
One-Third of all global maritime shipping goes through Taiwan waters.
98% of all under-sea data/communications with Asia go through Taiwan waters.
31% of U.S. pharmaceutical drugs are shipped through Taiwan waters (18% coming from India, 13% from China - source: 2019 FDA report).
Taiwan manufactures 92% of the world's advanced micro chips and 53% of all micro chips globally, that including 70% of global smartphone chips and 35% of global automotive chips (source: RHG).
U.S. Power Grid expected to be attacked in a first wave hacking attack by China if open war over Taiwan erupts.
War with China could send the U.S. into an Extended Economic Depression.
China's 'Messianic' Totalitarian Leader Planning a Taiwan War with the U.S.
March 23, 2023 | 10 min | CBN News
HOTSPOT: Iran & the Middle East
War with Iran? HOT
The nation of Iran has long been engaged in an "undeclared' shooting war with the United States through official Iranian military forces and through Iranian-backed military forces throughout the Middle East. Israel and other Western nations have also been apart of this reign of terror.
U.S. Troops in the Middle East continue to be aggressively attacked by Iran & Iranian-backed forces.
Israel at war and under siege by Iranian-backed forces.
International Shipping continues to be the target of attacks by Iranian-backed forces in the Middle East.
The Nation of Iran continues to attack and seize oil tankers in international waters in the Persian Gulf and continues threatening U.S. & British Navy Ships.
Iran getting closer to building nuclear weapons. Iran already has developed effective ballistic missiles and has used them on U.S. Bases in the Middle East. Israel threatening pre-emptive military strike.
U.S. Power Grid expected to be attacked in a first wave hacking attack by Iran if a full-scale war blows up.
An Inside look at U.S. Navy Ships tasked with Securing the Red Sea
Jan 31, 2024 | 6 min | CBS News
Due to the fact that the U.S. and NATO countries are very heavily supporting and suppling Ukrainian military forces, it would be foolish not to acknowledge that the U.S. & NATO countries are in a 'de-facto' state-of-war with Russia.
ON A KNIFE'S EDGE (meaning)
Tensions are so very high between the U.S. and Russian military, any close proximity of our militaries could easily break out into shooting, which could also lead to a direct hot war.
In the Black Sea, the Russian military has already been caught significantly threatening U.S. military sea and air operations in international sea and air space - including the downing a U.S. drone. Russian missiles have also struck several NATO countries that border Ukraine.
Main concern is a war with China triggering the greatest economic depression in U.S. History. The current Recession is mainly self-inflicted due to inflation caused by government out-of-control spending, printing of money, and leftist war against U.S. Energy Independence. [see video]
SEE ALSO:
VIDEO (12min): Top 10 Ways Biden Waged War on US Oil & Gas | May 31, 2023 | MRCtv
REPORT: "150 Ways the Biden Administration and Democrats Have Made it Harder to Produce Oil & Gas" | May 23, 2023 | IER
U.S. Food Supply: MEDIUM
HIGHER COST DUE TO LOWER U.S. & WORLD-WIDE PRODUCTION
2024 WORLD FOOD CRISIS EXPECTED, many experts are forecasting a chaotic and worsening food crisis in the United States. The U.S. is not expected to be hit as hard as other parts of the world, due to our wealth, blessed geography, and historic trading status (most of the world trades with the U.S.), BUT...
As of July, we have yet to experience any serious crippling limitations in food supply, although we have started to see initial concerns and rising prices. The most serious and crippling concerns in the U.S. are U.S. Farmers not having enough fertilizer and diesel fuel to maintain current levels of production. Due to this, the 2022-2023 planting and harvest seasons and overall food production have been reduced. Experts expect in 2024 that U.S. Consumers will start to see significantly higher food costs and shortages.
India Bans Rice Exports to the World
The ban effects about 20% of the world's supply of rice. The ban does not effect white basmati rice varieties.
July 21, 2023 | 3 min | Sky News UK
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U.S. Power Grid: HIGH
HIGHLY LIKELY TO BE DISABLED IF AT WAR
Russia, China, and Iran have Power Grid & Infrastructure Hackers and have a history of using them. In a shooting war, the U.S. Power Grid will be among the first to be attacked.
U.S. Power Grid at Risk of Attack
FBI Director Christopher Wray explains
China's threat to U.S. Cyber Security
"The Defining Threat of Our Generation"
Hacking Attacks: HOT ONGOING CYBERWAR
Russian, China, Iran, and North Korea have built 'state-sponsored' cyber armies that already have an existing track-record of attacking, spying on, and infiltrating nations' power grids and energy sectors, including governments, military, intelligence services, civilian infrastructure, banking, and businesses. For decades, Russia and China operated as a "safe haven" for international cyber criminal gangs/networks, by encouraging their development and growth in targeting western and pro-western countries.
The U.S. Power Grid will not be the only likely first targets of Russian, Chinese, and Iranian hackers prior to or after a shooting war starts. Banking, Business, Energy pipelines, Manufacturing, Infrastructure (like transportation, water, and sewage treatment) are also main targets.
Major Cyberattack Hits Government Agencies, Institutions
June 2023 | 3 min | CBS News
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Nuclear Attack: LOW RISK
China or Russia vs the United States
The question IS NOT whether China or Russia CAN attack the U.S. mainland, because they can. Since the U.S. maintains a significant nuclear deterrent, a nuclear attack on the U.S. mainland is highly improbable. Any nuclear or EMP attack (high-altitude nuke) on the mainland of the United States or upon a U.S. ally would automatically initiate a full nuclear retaliatory strike upon the attacker - wiping them out. [see M.A.D. theory]
IT IS HIGHLY IMPROBABLE that the leaders of China or Russia would use nuclear weapons - since their first priority is their own self-preservation, survival, and the maintaining of power. The U.S. and western allies hold enough of a nuclear deterrent - and we would use it if attacked first.
Nuclear Attacks in the Pacific or Europe? Probable, but still highly unlikely since any nuclear attack on an overseas U.S. base, or U.S Ally or NATO Ally would also provoke a full nuclear retaliation by the U.S.
Use of an 'in theater' smaller-scale tactical nuclear weapon is more likely but not probable since it would solicit an aggressive full 'non-nuclear' military and economic retaliation by the West and most of the world.
Regional Nuclear Attacks? More likely. For example: Iran vs Israel or India vs Pakistan or China.
E.M.P. Attack: LOW RISK
While an EMP would be the most devastating of all types of attacks, one must understand that an EMP Attack (Electro-magnetic Pulse) is actually a nuclear weapons attack - just set off in high altitude versus near the ground. As previously mentioned, because of the U.S. Nuclear deterrent, that makes this scenario highly improbable. Also understand that an EMP attack is normally the first thing done in a full nuclear strike and civilians having their electronics and power grid destroyed would be the least of their worries.
Would we recommend storing electronic and computer equipment in EMP bags? Yes, but in an order of priority in preparedness, it would be one of the later things we would recommend you buy and use.