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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

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 84 points 3 days ago (3 children)

An armed terrorist group is targeting US radar sites and our president is worried about his birthday party.

🤡

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

But they aren't harming Teslas so it's ok.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A *trained armed terrorist group

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 7 points 3 days ago

A trained armed *imbecilic terrorist group

When they are white and domestic and conservative, they aren't terrorists. They are oppressed freedom fighters.

[–] HejMedDig@feddit.dk 61 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The curse of social media, it's too easy for lunatics to find like-minded people

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago

Or turn naive individuals into crazies themselves.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

That's what you get from too low education budget.

Somebody tell them there's a radar in the white house 🤭

[–] DeLacue@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

Modern civilisation is slowly falling to barbarians, except none of the barbarians are foreigners.

[–] dzso@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Just when I think dumb can't get any dumber

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 11 points 3 days ago

Truly the dumbest timeline.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 days ago

Maybe if all the universities mailed them a postcard saying "You are officially stupid"...

[–] pezhore@infosec.pub 8 points 3 days ago

Listen, why else would the newsman talk about Doppler radar every time we have severe weather if it weren't a weather weapon?

/s

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 3 days ago

MAKE ZEUS GREAT AGAIN (ノ`Д´)ノ

There's a reason why the civilised world sneers at 'Murica...