{"id":20066,"date":"2010-06-03T22:07:36","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T05:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=20066"},"modified":"2010-06-06T17:32:44","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T00:32:44","slug":"texas-congressmen-call-for-emp-guns-on-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/texas-congressmen-call-for-emp-guns-on-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Congressmen Call for EMP Guns on the Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9838\" title=\"border_patrol_agent\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/border_patrol_agent-150x99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/border_patrol_agent-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/border_patrol_agent.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>From aerial drones to virtual fences, the Department of Homeland Security employs a wide range of tools to protect the nation&#8217;s borders. But a pair of Texas lawmakers now want a decidedly more futuristic approach: electromagnetic pulses.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Michael McCaul and Democrat Henry Cuellar want the border patrol to use portable EMP emitters to disable cars, boats or a host of other electronic items.<\/p>\n<p>A suitcase-sized EMP could thwart smugglers trying to drive illegal drugs or immigrants into the United States, the lawmakers say.<\/p>\n<p>The EMP Suitcase Compact 2100 Series, developed by Austin-based Applied Physical Electronics, emits high-amplitude electronic fields powerful enough to disable various devices &#8220;without causing permanent physical damage or endangerment to individuals,&#8221; as Cuellar&#8217;s Web site says. Similar devices have been used by the Defense Department for the past 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>McCaul notes that EMPs would allow border patrol agents to stop wayward vehicles without having to chase them. The ability to stop vehicles of smugglers from a distance without making direct contact would give our Border Patrol agents a distinct advantage,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/technology\/article\/2010-06\/texas-congressmen-want-emps-border\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/47ebeefb-6da6-45fc-bf35-6f88e34f00b2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=47ebeefb-6da6-45fc-bf35-6f88e34f00b2\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From aerial drones to virtual fences, the Department of Homeland Security employs a wide range of tools to protect the nation&#8217;s borders. But a pair of Texas lawmakers now want a decidedly more futuristic approach: electromagnetic pulses. Republican Michael McCaul and Democrat Henry Cuellar want the border patrol to use portable EMP emitters to disable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[1227,1246,6466,2129,2135,6463,6465,6464,6468,31,1427,139,6467,950,1015,1093],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20100,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20066\/revisions\/20100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}