NOAA radar stations are reportedly being targeted by an armed conspiracy group that views them as weapons.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/28977252

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has warned the National Weather Service of possible attacks from an armed conspiracy group targeting Doppler radar stations, according to a report from CNN. The group, Veterans on Patrol, is going after government radars because it believes they’re being used as “weather weapons.”

CNN learned of the possible attacks through NOAA emails warning NWS staff that Veterans on Patrol was planning to conduct “penetration drills on NEXRAD sites to identify weaknesses,” with the ultimate goal of destroying NEXRAD. Despite its cooler-than-average name, the NWS uses NEXRAD or “Next Generation Weather Radar” for a fairly mundane purpose: detecting precipitation in the atmosphere. NEXRAD plays a vital role in locating thunderstorms and tornados, making it easier to evacuate vulnerable communities before disaster strikes.

Archive link: https://archive.is/GVsgP

    • Possibly linuxEnglish
      1•2 hours ago

      It is actually kind of weird to think about. Conservatives typically typically like police and the milliary.

    • @LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•14 hours ago

      The United States: Into Darkness.

      A people manipulated and driven to the edge of Discovery and Dishonesty. We will turn the lights out to fear that which we know… But in the darkness there is nothing to find but our people’s vengeful hatred of each other. Ignorance is the weapon, and the lights shall stay out.

      So what does man do? We starve. We suffer. We bleed, and then when all else is lost we scream. Not out of fear; for that is already gone. We scream because we are already in hell. And it’s the devil staring us in the face designing the torture.

      We aren’t a phoneix, we don’t rise from the dead. We are supposed to be humanity; and it’s lost past time we become it. If you think humanity was designed to be built in the image of God. Are you mistaken?

      I’m an idiot

      Neitzshche is dead.

      God is an Idea