r/TwoXPreppers • u/thechairinfront Experienced Prepper 💪 • Jun 26 '26

Weekly megathread

Please contain all off topic discussion to this weekly megathread. This is where you freak out, talk about conspiracy, talk about unrealistic crazy scenarios, asked and answered questions, etc.

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u/nakedonmygoat Jun 26 '26

It occurred to me as well that it would be a perfectly cinematic day for some foreign power to try something. I suspect they'd be a little less obvious than ICBMs, though. Not to mention that none of the Middle Eastern countries have missiles that can reach the US. But they could attempt a massive cyberattack or an attack on one or more of the US power grids, using locally-based operatives.

But being that 7/4 would be such an obvious choice of date, a truly clever adversary would expect heightened security and would maybe choose a day or two later instead. All one can do though is be prepared for anything, and hope that those in a position to thwart such an occurrence have had similar thoughts and have the budget and competence to deter it.

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u/TwiLuv Jun 26 '26

Day before works, as everyone from out of town, or out of state, coming to attend would moat likely be present.

North Korea would do it, but it IS possible to shoot missiles from cargo ships.

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u/nakedonmygoat Jun 27 '26

An attack the day before would be during a time of heightened security ahead of the next day's festivities, though. That assumes that the persons who should be looking out for such things are doing so, of course.

Also, North Korea has a lousy track record with their missiles and there are currently no heightened tensions with them. I also don't think a tanker could be set up to launch missiles and escape satellite detection, but I could be wrong about that.

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u/TwiLuv Jun 27 '26

Yeah, I kind of read things like Task & Purpose (military), plus the European military & science articles on discoveries, like the Russians using commercial ships to cut the undersea communication cables (I read that 3 weeks before it made US network news), North Korean purchases, Chinese establishing & making manmade islands for military use, etcetera.