British Government Prepares For Solar Storms

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Submission + - British Government Prepares For Solar Storms (techweekeurope.co.uk)

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judgecorp

on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @03:30PM

judgecorp writes: "The British Government has announced its plans to handle solar storms. The idea is to improve the resilience of infrastructure including satellite communications — which the government says will also be useful against the future possibility of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons"

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