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hughee99

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11. Does a power outage shut down the US military?

Reply to procon (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 23, 2018, 11:14 PM

Jul 2018

I have a feeling that the US military is at least as prepared as my neighbor is for a power outage. I wouldn't bet on a Russian invasion during an outage.

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DHS: Russian hackers got into control rooms of US utilities [View all] steve2470 Jul 2018 OP

Yup, Sherman A1 Jul 2018 #1

I just finished posting this in the Economy Forum, and I thought it deserved to be in LBN. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 #2

Ted Koppel wrote a book on this topic... Lights Out... PoliticAverse Jul 2018 #3

Well let's see, they shut down the power grid and Trump declares marshal law ..hmm just sayin. YOHABLO Jul 2018 #4

Worse... woundedkarma Jul 2018 #6

Down goes the electrical grid and down goes everything. procon Jul 2018 #5

They won't invade at that point BamaRefugee Jul 2018 #8

Does a power outage shut down the US military? hughee99 Jul 2018 #11

So, would a carefully targeted series of blackouts... Whiskeytide Jul 2018 #7

The whole idea of disrupting the elecdtrig grid seems , to me anyway, so freakin simple. pangaia Jul 2018 #9

"Dark Ages" Roland99 Jul 2018 #10

Yep, my thoughts too Raastan Jul 2018 #12

KnR Hekate Jul 2018 #13

Wow. This is worse than when they were Communists. jalan48 Jul 2018 #14

They were pretty much CINOs after Lenin and Trotsky. Marcuse Jul 2018 #16

Both Coats and Rosenstein have said our digital infrastructure is under attack. Richard Clark Amaryllis Jul 2018 #15

And DT allowed it to happen. LiberalFighter Jul 2018 #17