{"id":268064,"date":"2023-07-18T13:19:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=268064"},"modified":"2023-07-18T13:19:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T11:19:38","slug":"radar-off-line-how-offshore-wind-turbines-have-wrecked-americas-defence-capability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=268064","title":{"rendered":"Radar Off-line: How Offshore Wind Turbines Have Wrecked America\u2019s Defence\u00a0Capability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Giant industrial wind turbines with the tips of their 50-80m blades clocking 350 kph play havoc with radar systems,\u00a0giving false images and distorting real ones<\/a>. The result is unnecessary danger for pilots dependent upon accurate weather reports, and air-traffic guidance, both essential for safe takeoffs and landings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a number of States, the\u00a0US military has obtained legislation to prevent the construction of wind turbines<\/a>\u00a0anywhere near their airfields and training grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Smith, a Republican Congressman from New Jersey is not only incensed about the effect that America\u2019s offshore wind industry is having (and if their plans come to fruition, will increasingly have) on radar, he\u2019s equally wild about the effect these things will have on America\u2019s ability to defend itself, more generally. Smith has joined with a group of fellow Republicans to investigate the serious and obviously negative effects these things have on our ability to navigate safely at sea and in the air.\u00a0Meanwhile, America\u2019s Department of Defence\u00a0remains apparently enthralled by\u00a0the myth that America\u2019s energy independence can\u00a0be won by relying on an entirely weather-dependent power\u00a0source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biden admin under fire for offshore wind impacts on military operations<\/strong>
Fox News
Thomas Catenacci
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The Biden administration is facing pressure from lawmakers and experts who are\u00a0calling for an immediate moratorium<\/a>\u00a0on offshore wind development until its effects, including on military operations, navigation and radar systems, are studied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., industry stakeholders and experts met with officials from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a top federal watchdog agency, to discuss their concerns about offshore wind development. According to Smith \u2014 who represents a district along the Atlantic coast home to a naval weapons depot and where offshore wind projects have been proposed \u2014 more than an hour of the three-hour meeting was devoted to military impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GAO recently agreed to investigate<\/a>\u00a0the wide-ranging effects of offshore wind development after Smith, fellow New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., and several other lawmakers called for a probe. The investigation will look, in part, into wind turbines\u2019 impact on military operations and radar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt will impact marine radar through sonic interference. It causes disruptions, shadowing,\u201d Smith told Fox News Digital in an interview. \u201cThere\u2019s going to be nothing but disruption. Radar will not be credible. So, you\u2019ll have ships of every size and variety \u2014 military ships, ocean and cargo ships, including carrying oil coming into my state for refineries \u2014 that potentially could run into other ships or into even some of these windmills themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Coast Guard, too, will not be able to do search and rescue, particularly in bad weather, because of the gross interference that will happen,\u201d he continued. \u201cThere\u2019s also an impact on the Navy\u2019s \u2026 Integrated Undersea Surveillance System, and it will interfere with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith added that wind turbines could ultimately have the effect of blocking detection of U.S. adversaries\u2019 movement via submarine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u00a0blasted the Department of Defense<\/a>\u00a0for its handling of the issue and lack of transparency, noting he has spoken with anonymous defense officials who have told him wind development is being prioritized over national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith\u2019s meeting with the GAO, meanwhile, comes months after the Navy and Air Force assembled a report in early October with maps showing large swaths of acreage blocked off in federal waters near North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. The report characterizes four\u00a0offshore wind lease areas<\/a>\u00a0proposed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) as \u201chighly problematic\u201d and two others as \u201crequiring further study.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, various studies and analyses have been published in recent years, suggesting wind turbines could pose a significant effect on radar. A 2022 study from the National Academy of Sciences concluded wind development would create \u201cinterference with marine vessel radar, which is a critical instrument for navigation, collision avoidance, and use in search and rescue missions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finnish and Taiwanese military brass have also expressed concerns about the effects offshore wind farms could have on their defense capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re willing to sacrifice anything for green energy,\u201d Meghan Lapp, the fisheries liaison for Rhode Island-based fishing company Seafreeze and one of the participants in Smith\u2019s meeting with the GAO, told Fox News Digital. \u201cI have seen national security overridden. I\u2019ve seen maritime safety overridden. I\u2019ve seen domestic food production overridden. I\u2019ve seen concerns of coastal businesses and communities overridden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery single entity and every single concern \u2014 valid concerns, not made up, not hyperbole or anything \u2014 are just overridden. And the answer is what? \u2018Well, we need to do this because of climate change.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2011, Congress established the so-called Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse, which created a central authority within the Department of Defense to oversee alternative energy projects\u2019 compatibility with military activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Lapp and Smith, the entity has ultimately\u00a0overridden base commanders\u2019 concerns<\/a>\u00a0and consistently backed green energy development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, we have an entire coast that\u2019s going to be weakened by this terrible decision,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI\u2019ve never been more angry and disappointed in the military\u2019s acquiescence and silence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of its climate agenda, the Biden administration has aggressively moved forward with rapid offshore wind development across millions of acres of federal waters, primarily along the East Coast. Shortly after taking office, President Joe Biden outlined goals to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, the most ambitious goal of its kind worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 2021, BOEM approved the 800 megawatt Vineyard Wind project 12 miles off the coast of Massachusetts, marking the first-ever large-scale offshore wind approval. Then, in November 2021, the agency approved the 130-megawatt Southfork Wind project off the coast of Long Island, New York, the second commercial-scale offshore project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of other proposed offshore wind projects along the Atlantic coast are under development and in the federal permitting stage. The Biden administration has also leased hundreds of thousands of acres\u00a0to energy corporations<\/a>\u00a0and plans future lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Department of Defense is committed to protecting American national security interests, which includes reducing reliance on foreign energy sources and expanding domestic offshore wind energy development,\u201d Pentagon spokesperson Kelly Flynn told Fox News Digital. \u201cThe DoD continues to work with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, industry and other stakeholders to identify the best locations for offshore development, as we have done in every call area in the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis discussion includes impacts to the environment, shipping, fishing, viewshed and more and includes mitigation strategies to overcome the impacts,\u201d Flynn continued. \u201cThis is one step in the process and DoD will continue to collaborate with the stakeholders in order to promote compatible offshore wind energy development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Department has been an active participant in similar leasing plans off the coasts of New York\/New Jersey, the Gulf of Mexico, California and Oregon,\u201d she said. \u201cIn each case, we\u2019ve been able to find suitable areas for development, and we expect to do the same in the central Atlantic.\u201d
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Giant industrial wind turbines with the tips of their 50-80m blades clocking 350 kph play havoc with radar systems,\u00a0giving false images and distorting real ones. 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