MPs warn over nuclear space bombs and solar flares

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17117836

BBC News
22 February 2012

The government must take more seriously the threat of a nuclear weapon being 
exploded in space by a rogue state, MPs have warned.

The Defence Select Committee said the resulting radiation pulse could disrupt 
power and water supplies, UK defence and satellite navigation systems.

Its chairman, Tory MP James Arbuthnot, said an attack was "quite likely".

The committee is urging ministers to invest in more "hardened" technology to 
cope with such an event.

It looked at the threat to the UK's technological infrastructure from 
"electromagnetic pulse" (EMP) events in space, which could also include the 
eruption of solar flares.

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