Expert warns of “weaponized weather” being used against US power grids
09/24/2021 / By Ramon Tomey
A national security expert warns of countries using “weaponized weather” to cripple the U.S.’s electricity grids. Peter Pry says rogue nations could take advantage of extreme weather to conduct attacks without firing a single shot. He adds that people are less likely to consider extreme weather as an act of an enemy country than electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks.
In a piece for All News Pipeline, Pry says enemies using severe weather to wage a “blackout war” can combine it with cyber-attacks, EMP attacks and sabotage. He adds that power outages caused by heavy storms have a ripple effect on key infrastructures such as communications, food and water supply, transportation and emergency medical services.
“Unlike ‘blackout warfare,’ hurricanes and other storms are familiar to the public and are understood to be acts of nature, not the destructive agents of a foreign enemy. Public perceptions of and reactions to mass destruction differ markedly when the agent of destruction is a familiar natural event or accident, versus destruction by unfamiliar means inflicted by malignant actors,” the expert elaborates.
https://www.climate.news/2021-09-24-expert-warns-weaponized-weather-against-power-grids.html
