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Sweden rejects applications for thirteen offshore wind farms – government believes building them would have unacceptable consequences for national defence

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https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/05/sweden-rejects-applications-for-thirteen-offshore-wind-farms-citing-security-concerns

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Sweden rejects applications for thirteen offshore wind farms
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Nov 5 2024
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  1. AugustusFerdinand
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    Interesting that the concern is missile detection. Attack and defense is a constant cat-and-mouse game and I would not be surprised if military strategy has, or is, being adjusted to take...

    Interesting that the concern is missile detection. Attack and defense is a constant cat-and-mouse game and I would not be surprised if military strategy has, or is, being adjusted to take windfarms and the possible attack concealing advantage they provide into account.

    7 votes
  2. Maxi
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    Fwiw, eastern finland has almost no windmills because the defence forces keep rejecting the building plans.

    Fwiw, eastern finland has almost no windmills because the defence forces keep rejecting the building plans.

    5 votes
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    WiseassWolfOfYoitsu
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    Wonder if it interferes with doppler radar. It work by detecting changes in states rather than in detecting presence of objects. I could see a windmill casting a giant shadow on one of those.

    Wonder if it interferes with doppler radar. It work by detecting changes in states rather than in detecting presence of objects. I could see a windmill casting a giant shadow on one of those.

    5 votes
    1. Landhund
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      Yeah, unfortunately it does make sense. I can imagine you can forget about detecting anything with radar through a sufficiently big and dense windfarm. All the constantly rotating and changing...

      Yeah, unfortunately it does make sense. I can imagine you can forget about detecting anything with radar through a sufficiently big and dense windfarm. All the constantly rotating and changing blades probably makes it impossible to detect anything smaller than an oil tanker, nevermind something small and airborne.

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  4. SirNut
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    I had seen reports of newer more streamlined turbines not reliant on the three blades under development I wonder if those have a smaller radar footprint (which I suspect they would)

    I had seen reports of newer more streamlined turbines not reliant on the three blades under development

    I wonder if those have a smaller radar footprint (which I suspect they would)

    1 vote