TL;DR: The Pentagon’s new FORTRESS America plan calls for military bases that can keep operating through power failures, attacks and broken supply chains for up to 90 days. Anniston Army Depot already has a major microgrid project, nearly $1 billion in planned upgrades and a proposed graphite plant. Redstone Arsenal is also pursuing new power sources as its defense and space missions grow.
The Pentagon wants American military bases prepared to keep fighting even if the lights go out across the communities around them.
In Alabama, much of the groundwork for that level of preparedness may already be underway…