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The US Army is preparing for its largest military parade in decades in Washington, DC, featuring 7 million pounds of military hardware including tanks and vehicles, with extensive road reinforcement and damage mitigation efforts costing up to $3.5 million, to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary amid concerns over infrastructure safety and costs estimated up to $45 million.
Arsonists calling themselves the Volcano Group caused close to $1 billion in damages to Tesla's German factory by setting a high-voltage power mast ablaze, leading to a production stop and affecting over 60,000 residents. The attack severed the factory's power supply, forcing all 12,500 employees to be sent home, with production not expected to resume for several days. The incident raises concerns about protecting critical infrastructure from vandals, and comes amidst other challenges for Tesla's only European factory, including local opposition to expansion and pollution concerns.
Arsonists calling themselves the Volcano Group caused close to $1 billion in damages to Tesla's German factory by setting a high-voltage power mast ablaze, leading to a production stop and affecting over 60,000 residents. The attack severed the factory's power supply, forcing all 12,500 employees to be sent home, with production not expected to resume for several days. The incident raises concerns about protecting critical infrastructure from vandals, and it adds to a series of challenges faced by Tesla's only European factory, including local opposition and environmental issues.
NATO has launched a new center to protect undersea pipelines and cables amid concerns that Russia is mapping vital Western infrastructure for energy and the internet in waters around Europe. The move follows an apparent attack on two Baltic Sea gas pipelines in September, which are still being investigated. The new center, located in Northwood, northwest London, will focus on high-risk areas, with pipelines in shallow waters that can easily be reached by divers considered considerably vulnerable. NATO believes it’s important to catch saboteurs as they prepare their attacks.
An alliance of northern European nations, including the British-led Joint Expeditionary Force, pledged to step up protection of critical undersea and offshore infrastructure in the face of shared challenges, including alleged Russian ships conducting mapping that indicated "preparations for possible disruption and, at worst, sabotage." The U.K. announced new air defense systems worth 92 million pounds ($116 million) would be bought for Ukraine in coming months "to bolster Ukraine's ability to protect its critical national infrastructure, civilian population, and front-line personnel." The Joint Expeditionary Force is made up of nine NATO nations and Sweden.
The heads of NATO and the European Commission visited Norway's Troll A gas platform to discuss the security of supplies and infrastructure, highlighting Norway's importance for gas shipments since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. NATO and the EU have increased their presence and monitoring of Norway's energy infrastructure, which is vital but vulnerable due to its size. The Troll A platform alone covered 11.3% of EU gas consumption last year, and the gas from Troll is piped to a processing plant on Norway's west coast before it is piped again to the European Union and Britain.