National Weather Service employees were warned this week that an anti-government conspiracy group is attempting to coordinate “penetration drills” on Nexrad radar sites with the intention of damaging or destroying what they believe to be “weather weapons.”
In a notice to NWS employees, NOAA’s Office of Security said it was aware “of several encounters, either physically at NWS Nexrad sites or virtually via social media platforms,” with an organization called Veterans on Patrol recruiting individuals to help identify security vulnerabilities at Nexrad sites around the country.
“This group is advocating for anyone and everyone to join them in conducting penetration drills on NEXRAD sites to identify weaknesses which can be used to ultimately destroy the sites,” NOAA officials said in the memo, portions of which were viewed by POLITICO’s E&E News.
“The [group] believes these sites are being used by the military against U.S. citizens and are causing harm or death,” the warning continued.
