Senators issued satellite phones for "security".

[Bennettjh]

Must know something we don't.

Senators issued satellite phones, offered demonstrations on upgraded security devices

Senate Sergeant at Arms Karen Gibson said the phones are a security backstop in case of an emergency that "takes out communications" in part of the country.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[76Too]

Yup. Here we go!

Spin the wheel…who’s getting the EMP?

I’m going to guess New England because I’m going back to visit my friends next week that are having their first baby.

If I get stuck there, I’m WALKING back here. Maybe I’ll steal a bike actually, but I’m not staying in Massachusetts any longer than I have to.

 

[Sigblitz]

 

[Ingomike]

Is it really for communication or tracking?

 

[rosejm]

Doesn't sound like EMP to me.

More likely cyber attacks either against communication networks directly, or power grid. Or both.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Doesn't sound like EMP to me.

More likely cyber attacks either against communication networks directly, or power grid. Or both.

Yep. Until I see the kit that includes a metal case (faraday cage) to store it in, you are right. Just a phone would be just as dead as their cell phones after an EMP.

 

[rosejm]

They could be shielded/hardened from the factory. Some of those milspec electronics are designed to shed that type of surge. Sounds like easily spent "security" money, in the name of Congressional safety and/or continuity of government.

Executing an EMP is a bit more difficult/visible than directed cyber against our SCADA systems, which are woefully vulnerable.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Doesn't sound like EMP to me.

More likely cyber attacks either against communication networks directly, or power grid. Or both.

This.

An emp would kill the sat phones.

Get your ham radios and generators ready.

 

[Leo]

Maybe our goverment is working with globalists and planning to turn off civilian communications when they dissolve the sovereignty of our nation. Those on the aggressors side will have the advantage of communication on military equipment.

Thirty years ago that would be a plot for some science fiction novel.

75 years ago a science fiction novel would include the US citizens having no Constitutional rights and no firearms. That sounded crazy back then. Now we can clearly see the lefties in the democratic party were plotting to disarm us all along.

 

[Ziggidy]

Biden, China, Hunter, Trump, Durham Report, Epstein, elections coming, border invasion….

Oh, we need to issue satellite phones, just in case.

It’s here; or very near.

 

[manifest destiny]

I leave open the possibility this was genuinely a decision based upon some security reassessment, etc. But! It's weird that it was announced to the public. It's weird that not all the senators accepted the phone (only fifty according to reports). And really, during an emergency, who are they going to call, each other?

 

[jbombelli]

I'm actually surprised they haven't had those for the last 20 years.

 

[radar8756]

A EMP above Washington would only effect Electronics in that area - They could use Hardened Satellite Phones to call Home

 

[KittySlayer]

A EMP above Washington would only effect Electronics in that area - They could use Hardened Satellite Phones to call Home

So they could check on their constituents during a crisis?

The people they represent are supposed to be their priority right?

 

[Leadeye]

Somebody with a bunch of those phones took the people making those decisions out for a few dinners at Mortons and Black Whiskey, a sales and maintained contract was probably inked over a glass of Pappy Vanwinkles. They will likely sit in a desk somewhere until obsolete.

Always follow the money.

 

[printcraft]

Somebody with a bunch of those phones took the people making those decisions out for a few dinners at Mortons and Black Whiskey, a sales and maintained contract was probably inked over a glass of Pappy Vanwinkles. They will likely sit in a desk somewhere until obsolete.

Always follow the money.

Probably already obsolete old stock.
New models for 2024 on the way after the first set delivery.
Bi-Yearly security updates.

 

[NHT3]

I know a couple that didn't get one because they would never figure out how to use them, Di N Lurch.

 

[Ark]

So what you're saying is that all I have to do to get a free satphone is to mug my local senator

 

[KokomoDave]

So what you're saying is that all I have to do to get a free satphone is to mug my local senator

Just need a rock or decent sized stick.

 

[gorge]

So they could check on their constituents during a crisis?

The people they represent are supposed to be their priority right?

Those two things are not necessarily the same.

I'm just stating the obvious for slow people like me.