Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, Date: 1998. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Very good. iii, [1], 123, [1] pages. Illustrations. Wraps. H.N.S.C. No. 105-18. Wayne Curtis Weldon (born July 22, 1947) is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania. Weldon was vice-chair of the Armed Services Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee. He was also the co-chair of the Duma-Congress Study Group, the official inter-parliamentary relationship between the United States and Russia. The first witness was Gary Smith, the director of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. Congressman Bartlett had asked him to advise him on the subject of this particular hearing, the electromagnetic pulse produced by a high-altitude nuclear explosion, and the implications for defense systems and capabilities and for the civilian infrastructure. His staff had completed a limited assessment based on a review of the literature, an examination of the tenets and interviews with responsible and knowledgeable professionals in the field. He was there to present the results of that assessment. They have found that the phenomenon is very real and is well understood by the nuclear weapons effects community; that our strategic systems and their command, control and communications infrastructure have been designed and built to survive and opera ...

ISBN10: 0160561272, ISBN13: 9780160561276, [publisher: U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC] Softcover First Edition iii, [1], 123, [1] pages. Illustrations. Wraps. H.N.S.C. No. 105-18. Wayne Curtis Weldon (born July 22, 1947) is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2007, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania. Weldon was vice-chair of the Armed Services Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee. He was also the co-chair of the Duma-Congress Study Group, the official inter-parliamentary relationship between the United States and Russia. The first witness was Gary Smith, the director of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. Congressman Bartlett had asked him to advise him on the subject of this particular hearing, the electromagnetic pulse produced by a high-altitude nuclear explosion, and the implications for defense systems and capabilities and for the civilian infrastructure. His staff had completed a limited assessment based on a review of the literature, an examination of the tenets and interviews with responsible and knowledgeable professionals in the field. He was there to present the results of that assessment. They have found that the phenomenon is very real and is well understood by the nuclear weapons effects community; that our strategic systems and their command, control and communications infrastructure have been designed and built to s ...