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Blacking out the wild blue yonder
DOD panel calls out power grid disruption threat |
Patrick Mazza |
31 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Here's another good reason to fix a shaky and outdated power grid, from the Defense Science Board: keeping the Air Force flying during the next terrorist attack. The military focuses much of its efforts on avoiding global petroleum disruptions. But it has not thought much about power grid disruptions that could affect its own bases, the Department of Defense (DOD) group says in a report authored by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger The board say ... |
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| Topics: national security, energy, electricity grid (all these topics) |
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