Then experts in the audience joined the discussion. He was interviewed on stage by Clifford May at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Other topics included hardening the electric grid and other protective measures, which would also be a protection against a solar event. Forstchen talked about what led him the write the book, the threat of electromagnetic pulse attacks in the real world, and the need for a missile defense system to guard against such attacks. In his novel he depicts what America would be like after a high-altitude nuclear bomb explosion that sends out electromagnetic pulses (EMP) which permanently destroy all of the world’s electrical systems. T22:05:03-04:00 William Forstchen talked about his novel One Second After (Forge Books March 17, 2009).
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