Originally Posted by elchivito

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Actually it's worrisome. A calculated assault on just 9 out of 55K interconnected power transfer stations could black out the whole country for up to 18 months.

One particularly troubling memo reviewed by the Journal described a scenario in which a highly-coordinated but relatively small scale attack could send the country into a long-term literal dark age. “Destroy nine interconnection substations and a transformer manufacturer and the entire United States grid would be down for at least 18 months, probably longer,” the memo said.

Report: U.S. Could Be Plunged Into Blackout By Minimal Attacks - TIME