Summary: Dr. Peter Vincent Pry was the Director of the United States Nuclear Strategy Forum, he sat on the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack (also commonly known as the EMP Commission), as Professional Staff on the House Armed Services Committee of the U.S. Congress, with portfolios in nuclear strategy, WMD, Russia and servedc in the CIA for over ten years. This week, Dr. Pry welcomes Bronius Cikotas. Bronius Cikotas has over 38 years of government leadership experience, and served as a member of the Senior Executive Service at the U.S. Department of Defense. From 1963 through 1981 he was responsible for the Air Force EMP ground-based and missile test assessment and hardening programs. From 1982 through 1992, he was a regular Armed Forces Staff College guest lecturer on EMP threat and survivability issues. He briefed selected members of Congress on the implications of EMP attack and testified on electromagnetic threat implications to infrastructures to the House Terrorism Panel. Mr. Cikotas was a featured speaker at the 2009 EMPact America conference. You can watch part of his presentation on our web site: Click here for video.
