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NOAA warns staff a militia group thinks its radars are 'weather weapons' (www.engadget.com)

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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.

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[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Conspiracy theorists tend to fall in one of two categories, specially if it seems like a sudden change:

They're lonely and the people in the group are very welcoming to them.
They feel they need to prove how smart they are, and think they're smarter than everyone who dismisses their theory.