Damn, this seems like a huge vulnerability in the US’s industrial production, communications, and computation sectors - imagine if somebody attacked the transformers of key facilities all over the country? They’re usually outside and protected by a chain link fence at most. A destructive actor seeking to sabotage the operations of US industry and government could deal enormous damage with simple homemade explosives lobbed over fences at these critical points of an already vulnerable grid. Crazy to think about.
the capitalist response to climate change will be increasing stochastic terrorism against its own electrical infrastructure, thereby reducing emissions maybe
People typically haven’t been caught for these attacks because they’re done in the dead of night at great distance in uninhabited areas against mostly unwatched infrastructure. When they’re caught it’s from ballistics forensics or because they were loud about it before or after the attack online or in person.
Damn, this seems like a huge vulnerability in the US’s industrial production, communications, and computation sectors - imagine if somebody attacked the transformers of key facilities all over the country? They’re usually outside and protected by a chain link fence at most. A destructive actor seeking to sabotage the operations of US industry and government could deal enormous damage with simple homemade explosives lobbed over fences at these critical points of an already vulnerable grid. Crazy to think about.
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/08/string-of-electrical-grid-attacks-in-pacific-northwest-are-unsolved/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore_County_substation_attack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack
the capitalist response to climate change will be increasing stochastic terrorism against its own electrical infrastructure, thereby reducing emissions maybe
Easier to just get a carbine and take potshots at them well outside of the range of the fences and any cameras watching the permiter.
applying for a sabotage permit? rookie mistake
Fascists in my area were doing that a few years back and caused millions in damages in just a couple of weeks
Were they caught? If you know they’re fascists it seems like they got caught doing it and it’s not a safe method? How were they caught?
People typically haven’t been caught for these attacks because they’re done in the dead of night at great distance in uninhabited areas against mostly unwatched infrastructure. When they’re caught it’s from ballistics forensics or because they were loud about it before or after the attack online or in person.
wow