A cascading catastrophe: The drone threat to critical infrastructure
Posted: 29th November 2021
A cascading catastrophe: The drone threat to critical infrastructure
By Zachary Kallenborn | November 26, 2021
Italian soldiers carry a counter-drone system. Credit: Italian Army. CC BY 2.5.
The FBI recently revealed an attempted drone attack on the American electric grid, via an electrical substation in Pennsylvania. Someone or some group modified a drone to dangle a length of copper that, if it hit high-voltage equipment below, would have caused a short circuit. While the drone crashed into the ground without causing any harm, in theory a successful attack could have caused broader power outages and much bigger problems.
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