<snip> Bombs with carbon filaments were dropped over the high voltage cables (dang, there's no word for "dalekovod" - maybe we should introduce "farduct" into English?) - but nothing much happened.

It's called introducing an earth/phase fault to the grid, it just causes the fault protection system the kick in and stop any damage being caused to the infrastructure, as you have seen it is just a matter of clearing the fault and it is functional again.

A properly designed Transmission grid is very hard to knock out, it is that way by design.


Yes we were without power all night and some time into the morning, so what? Water supply had its own generators, so did the hospitals, telephony and a few other important services. And the engineers found a good solvent for the carbon fiber and got rid of it within 12 hours (which includes the time to restore the system). Next attack, we were without power for just about three hours. After four attempts, they just gave up, seeing that no real damage is done. No rolling blackouts, no widespread panic, no riots in the streets, nothing.
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>So this empty threat with the stone age just shows the level of US military planners (and others in charge of war scenarios) not really knowing how do the target countries work. They are Americans, they think in American terms and imagery. Yes, they can do some real damage, yes, they can help the current ruler add a few dozen percents to his job rating, but stone age - remains an empty threat.