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Intelligence bulletin reveals plot against U.S. electrical grid using drone
ABC News ^ | Nov 3, 2021 | ABC news

Posted on 11/04/2021 5:23:49 PM PDT by thouworm

A newly-released intelligence bulletin, obtained by ABC News, reveals a plot involving the use of a drone to disrupt an electrical grid in Pennsylvania in July 2020.

(Excerpt) Read more at wjla.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: drone; drones; electricgrid; nationalsecurity; paping; pennsylvania; powergrid
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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21 posted on 11/04/2021 7:06:24 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

22 posted on 11/04/2021 7:16:10 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: The Antiyuppie
Shhh...keep balloon attacks a secret. What if the Japanese find out?

Attack of Japan’s Killer WWII Balloons, May 5, 2015

Japan’s bizarre WWII plan to bomb the continental U.S. by high-altitude balloons claimed its first and only victims, an Oregon church group, 70 years ago.


23 posted on 11/04/2021 7:18:50 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Everything Woke turns to shit.” ~ President Donald Trump)
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To: Sacajaweau
That's one of the problems with solar and wind....it's all visible. It's also not efficient.

Due to inefficiency it has to be spread out. An explosive drone taking out a 100 MW plant will halt a lot more power production than an army of drones hitting solar panels. Wind is less diffuse and probably easier to kill with cheapo drones but will still require a lot of drones.

24 posted on 11/04/2021 7:23:52 PM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: thouworm
Solar can eventually support all electric needs with solar fuel storage and transport.

We're probably talking 50 years to really get going and in that timeframe there will be even better alternatives.

25 posted on 11/04/2021 7:25:51 PM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: dsc
Why can’t we use Coleman camp stoves with canisters of compressed solar power?

Already exists: solar fuel.

26 posted on 11/04/2021 7:26:30 PM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: John S Mosby

“Newt Gingrich was and is a real promoter of hardening against EMP.” Also Frank Gaffney used to hit that subject hard.

A great concern. Why this hasn’t been done is negligence of the highest order. Decades pass and nada. Apparently we need a cascading catastrophe-—the consequential magnitude of which is on few citizen’s radar.


27 posted on 11/04/2021 7:38:10 PM PDT by thouworm ("To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth"---Theodore Roosevelt)
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To: thouworm

emp is hype.


28 posted on 11/04/2021 7:39:56 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: thouworm

The article doesn’t say whether it was external or domestic terrorism. Was anyone traced or caught? Do you have any theories?


29 posted on 11/04/2021 7:40:25 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: carriage_hill; Chode

Because We were taught to not be STUPID, use Common Sense and if needed ask for Help. We were also taught Basic Safety Rules.

I really enjoyed Our weekend Camping Trips. One time We were granted use of a Ranchers property that had a river on it. On the way to the location on Friday afternoon and it rained so hard we had to pull over and stop on the shoulder until the storm passes. The windshield wipers could not keep the windshield clear enough to keep driving.

We got to the campsite and setup, made dinner and went to sleep. It rained all night and cleared off by morning. Saturday We went about the day earning Merit Badges, swimming in the river, improving Camp, etc. About 4:30pm the Rancher showed up with word that the river was headed to Flood Stage and we must Break Camp because the whole Campsite will be Flooding in about 45 minutes to an hour.

The Rancher felt bad because we had to bail out early and He led all 57 of Us to a Restaurant in Town and Ordered Huge Double Chili Cheeseburgers open faced, Fries and Soda !!!

After dinner we all Thanked Him for everything He did for us and we headed home.


30 posted on 11/04/2021 7:41:56 PM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: mabarker1

Great memories for you.
I also have a boatload of them on my way to Eagle Scout in Nov ‘63.


31 posted on 11/04/2021 7:46:19 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: carriage_hill

the article is all the info released to public as of yesterday.

Only theory I have is that perhaps it was a probing attempt. It failed.

by whom? anyone’s guess...


32 posted on 11/04/2021 7:52:24 PM PDT by thouworm ("To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth"---Theodore Roosevelt)
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To: central_va

“emp is hype”

? can you provide some sources that drew you to your opinion?

The grid doesn’t need hardening?


33 posted on 11/04/2021 8:02:30 PM PDT by thouworm ("To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth"---Theodore Roosevelt)
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To: rfreedom4u
"Wow! The electrical grid is vulnerable. You know what we should do then? We should build more electric cars so we depend on electricity even more!"

Not just cars, but the very trucks that transport all kinds of goods/parts across our country. [1].

We haven't even begun to see supply chain problems until that insane mandate goes into effect!

34 posted on 11/04/2021 9:06:01 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: thouworm

The British did this against the German war machine using thousands of weather balloons trailing thin metal wires with moderate success in occupied Europe.


35 posted on 11/04/2021 9:35:27 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Were State Dept. Havana Syndrome victims the guinea pigs of 5G/graphene oxide "vaccine" tests?)
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To: Rebelbase

Grammar edit correction: The British did this with moderate success against the German war machine by releasing thousands of weather balloons trailing thin metal wires into occupied Europe.


36 posted on 11/04/2021 9:41:06 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Were State Dept. Havana Syndrome victims the guinea pigs of 5G/graphene oxide "vaccine" tests?)
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To: thouworm

Anyone with any rudimentary knowledge of how an electrical system works, would know that a fairly decent sized drone targeted at a transformer in a substation would do tremendous damage at worst, temporary large outages at best.


37 posted on 11/04/2021 9:49:36 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: thouworm
The rest of the story

Likely Drone Attack On U.S. Power Grid Revealed In New Intelligence Report
An apparent attack on a power substation in Pennsylvania underscores the very real threat drones pose to domestic critical infrastructure.
By Joseph Trevithick November 4, 2021


A low-quality image showing the drone recovered after the likely attempted attack in Pennsylvania. The green lines are the nylon cables. A copper wire was attached to the bottom ends of both lines.

38 posted on 11/05/2021 2:46:18 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: thouworm; Sacajaweau

Solar power can support a world population of half a billion.

If that number sounds familiar...


39 posted on 11/05/2021 6:59:20 AM PDT by null and void (The Washington DC Swamp, Where Bottom Feeders Are Apex Predators!)
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To: thouworm
“Newt Gingrich was and is a real promoter of hardening against EMP.” Also Frank Gaffney used to hit that subject hard.

President Trump was also a great promoter of hardening the power grid.

40 posted on 11/05/2021 7:45:13 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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