Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Offshore Wind Harms National Security | RealClearPolicy

President Trump Should Shut It Down - Steve Cortes
These massive windmill projects are exorbitantly expensive, harmful to the environment, produce little power, and ruin gorgeous natural vistas, from the deserts to the oceans...
  • These offshore farms also put our national security at risk. 
Permitted aggressively during the Obama and Biden administrations, these developments pose genuine dangers to U.S. strategic readiness...
  • Offshore wind turbines interfere with long-range surveillance systems, particularly the PAVE PAWS network—the Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System. 
  • Located on both coasts, its radar arrays track ballistic missile launches, space objects, and foreign military activity. These systems depend on clear, stable electromagnetic environments. 
  • Massive steel turbines—hundreds of feet tall, rotating at variable speeds, and clustered across wide swaths of ocean—create moving radar reflections and clutter that degrade detection and tracking...


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