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Ok, here’s what you need to know about “Bombing Electrical Facilities”…
Several countries, to include the U.S., use “Graphite Bombs”. These aren’t bombs in the sense you are thinking; they have a small explosive charge, but don’t destroy something by brute force.
Instead, long graphite filaments are expelled. They extend across power lines & create a short-circuit. Either some form of protection cuts power to the line, or the line eventually fails. The graphite is vaporized in the process, leaving nothing behind.
The effect is that the power goes out. These are sometimes called “Soft Bombs” & “Blackout Bombs”.
We’ve used these before. They were used in Desert Storm, but unfortunately we used actual bombs later & did a lot of damage that couldn’t be repaired quickly. This is considered a mistake…the point is to disrupt electricity in a way it can be rapidly restored when hostilities cease, minimizing suffering of the civilian population. After all, without electricity, water & sewer systems stop working…which leads to public health issues.
We used graphite bombs in Yugoslavia in 1999, turning off about 70% of the country’s electricity. They restored power in about 24 hours, though there were subsequent attacks.
Anyway, if you have a good idea of the power grid, you can target parts of it while leaving others alone. For example, the part of the grid that feeds military facilities…though in practice, it will still probably affect some non-military stuff, unless the base is isolated.
Hope that helps, seems like it’s going to be a topic of discussion.
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