Microsoft outage hit millions of internet users and almost all operations leading to digital payment, airlines, banks, stock markets and many more services came to an end, the question looming large at the world is whether this was predicted earlier. Has Brazilian fortune teller Athos Salome predicted the present internet outage? The astronomer, dubbed the living Nostradamus predicted «three days of darkness» in 2024. Did he mean this outage? The same person has also predicted the beginning of World War 3 this year. So what next?
Talking to the 'MailOnline' earlier this year, the 36-year-old Brazilian talked about the advancements in warfare and said that Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) technology could have devastating effects on the world. EMP is triggered by explosions and it interacts with the Earth's magnetic fields to create pulses. These electromagnetic pulses can disrupt and damage electronic equipment and infrastructures across the world. Soviet Union was the first to understand the potentialities of the EMP in disabling enemy infrastructure without causing harm directly during World War 2.
Salome said further that Washington has been exploring EMP capabilities since Operation Prime Tests in the 1960s. It tried to use this technology to neutralize threats with minimal physical damage.
The living Nostradamus said further that Russia and China are also working on EMP technologies as they want to use it
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