The theory of Madrid and Lisbon for the total blackout on Monday, April 28, in the two countries of the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal, Spain) is hardly convincing: The theory that “They may have been caused by oscillations in the cables due to sudden thermal changes” could not be adopted even in a science fiction book.
Alas if oscillations in the cables were to throw off the network over such large areas and in such energy-organized countries.
To be absolutely precise about what they mean: “First, thermal expansion and contraction occur where the metal of the cables expands or contracts abruptly.
Then come atmospheric oscillations where differences in air density create local winds or currents that affect the lines, causing them to pulsate.
This phenomenon is called induced atmospheric vibration and can lead to: Vibrations,
Large-scale oscillations and even mechanical stresses that threaten the structural integrity of the lines. It is different from the usual “galloping” caused by ice and wind.” And then “They lived well and we lived better”!
How is it possible that all this climatic anomaly is happening in the middle of an advanced spring in the Iberian Peninsula, in Spain and Portugal as a whole?
We will mention the… “sneers” of Russian accounts in X that more or less mention another possible cause: Moscow has developed an electronic warfare (EW) system that can accurately target targets on the ground, Ria Novosti reported.
Is it a coincidence that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had a conversation earlier on Monday with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte about the power outage affecting Spain and Portugal?
At the same time, Sanchez discussed with top officials of the European institutions, leaving all possibilities open.
Without revealing further details, the source added that at a shorter distance, the power of the new system is capable of causing irreparable damage to the enemy’s electronic systems.
And they recall that in the weeks leading up to Russia’s operation in Ukraine, it launched a cyberattack on a US-based communications company, Viasat, to “cripple” Ukrainian command and control, which relied on the group’s satellite terminal.
The cyberattack was so effective that even Greece was affected: Thousands across Europe saw their communications collapse
According to Orange, a French telecommunications company, 9,000 subscribers to a satellite internet service provided by its subsidiary, Nordnet, were left without internet.
Similarly, about a third of the 40,000 subscribers to the satellite internet service Big Blue in Germany, France, Hungary, Greece, Italy and Poland were affected by the attacks on the Viasat satellite network.
Most importantly: The outage also knocked out almost 5,800 wind turbines in Germany and Central Europe, with a combined capacity of 11 GW, and caused major problems for the railways!
That is, what happened today in Spain and Portugal!
And the worst of all: There is no “smoking gun” since such attacks leave no traces…
