As pointed out in the article ...Is it really terrorism, though? I don't think so. My definition of terrorism, and traditionally terrorism has meant, many people dying. I don't think that an act of vandalism such as this can be said to send terror into people's hearts.
Attack on electric grid raises alarm | LA TimesThe bullet holes were carefully targeted so as not to hit the parts of the equipment that would cause an explosion and attract the attention of drivers on nearby U.S. 101. Of some 120 shots fired from at least 40 yards outside the fence, 110 of them hit transformers, Wellinghoff said.
"A dress rehearsal" is how Mark Johnson, a retired vice president at PG&E, described the event to a Philadelphia gathering of electricity industry officials in November. Johnson said the attackers opened two 75-pound manhole covers and used a ladder to cut fiber-optic lines, a possible attempt to disconnect security cameras. They fired for seven minutes, targeting radiators on the banks of transformers.
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