Electromagnetic Defense Task Force Recommendations Checklist

By AIR UNIVERSITYLEMAY CENTER FOR DOCTRINE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION

ELECTROMAGNETIC DEFENSE TASK FORCE (EDTF) 2.0

2019 REPORT

Recommendations Checklist

Establish information sharing within the government, industry, and academia

Create a national repository to track infrastructure resiliency initiatives to help minimize duplication of efforts and enhance benchmarking of successful projects

  •  Garner public support through public outreach and media campaigns
  •  Develop a nationwide plan with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), and US Strategic Command, and include local communities
  •  Ensure electric power grid and supervisory control and data acquisition is not dependent on 5G
  •  Build a community of experts
    •  Invest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
    •  IncentivizeSTEMgraduatesandengineeringdisciplinestoresearch, the mechanics of EMS hardening
  •  Developacohesivestrategicplaninvolvingnationalandlocalgovernments
    •  Involve the Federal Emergency Management Agency and establish geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) / electromagnetic pulse (EMP) as a natural disaster
    •  Ensure5G’srecoverystepsareincludedas5Gbecomesmoreprevalent
    •  Harden and utilize cells-on-wheels
    •  Partner with American Radio and Relay League and Military Auxiliary Radio System to integrate ham radio into the national emergency and redundant communications strategy
  •  Incentivize the industry to implement shielding standards and protect equipment
    •  Research implementation of EMP-Star rating
    •  Set standards for tiered rating
    •  Award cities for EMP resiliency
  •  Increase the pace and reduce the cost of 5G development by allocating mid-band spectrum (sub 6Ghz) for mobile assets
    •  Ensure supply chain integrity of 5G equipment for security
    •  Educate students and military on vulnerabilities of 5G and potential threats
    •  Ensure 5G networks are resilient, redundant, and resistant to GMD/ EMP
  •  Recognize the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) as a domain and in- corporate EMS into the doctrine
    •  Create a culture of EMS awareness
    •  Translate/publish/understand adversary doctrine
    •  Develop a golden hour response plan for EMP recovery
  •  Educate military members on EMS utilization and vulnerabilities, beginning with initial military training and continuing through career

Incorporate EMS training into LeMay Wing and Group Command- er’s course

  •  Train and exercise in an EMS-degraded environment
    •  Incorporate GMD/EMP into community and base exercises
    •  Stand up EMS attack “Red Team.”
  •  Develop cognitive electronic warfare and artificial intelligence to deliver mass alerts from GMD/EMP
    •  Develop software-defined/reconfigurable radios and laser-based communications
    •  Research UAV or balloon-based repeaters for radio communication
  •  Invest in pre-positioned shielded assets, including generators, fuel, and communications equipment, which are placed throughout the nation and in allied countries
  •  Streamline the acquisition process for EMP-shielded equipment to al- low quicker development and unit testing
  •  Develop tax incentives for implementing EMP-hardening standards
  •  Develop micro-grids that are hardened for EMP and cyber for critical facilities and then branch out to all military bases
  •  Evaluate ways to detect and prevent threats across 5G networks 92
  •  Institutionalize EMS awareness in leadership positions
  •  Partner with universities to develop “whole of society” EMS education programs and strategies
  •  Strategically message that the US is prepared for an EMP attack and will regard it as a crime against humanity
  •  Develop leadership roles for specific situations; for example, DHS will lead a recovery after GMD, while USNORTHCOM will lead recovery and retaliation after EMP
  •  Manage the workforce to find and retain experts in EMS operations and maintain corporate knowledge
  •  Ensure EMP shielding is implemented in new military construction as the cost is much lower
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