I'm all for it just on general principle, but the justification strikes me as somehat strained

Trump admin pausing all off shore wind project construction due to national security concerns

The move was made after classified reports concluded potential national security risks

President Donald Trump's Department of Interior announced on Monday that, effective immediately, leases for all large-scale offshore wind projects being constructed in the United States will be paused.

In a press release, DOI wrote that the pause is due to "national security risks" identified by the Department of War in "recently completed classified reports."

In a press release, DOI says the pause will "give the Department, along with the Department of War and other relevant government agencies, time to work with leaseholders and state partners to assess the possibility of mitigating the national security risks posed by these projects.”

The department highlighted unclassified reports from the U.S. government in the past that have "long found" that massive turbine blades in large-scale offshore wind projects can create radar interference called "clutter" that can obscure legitimate moving targets and generate false targets. 

In 2024, a Department of Energy report found that while the radar threshold for false alarm detection can be increased to reduce some of that "clutter," the radar can "miss actual targets" when that threshold is increased.

"Today’s action ensures that national security risks posed by offshore wind projects are appropriately addressed and that the United States government retains its ability to effectively defend the American people," the press release states.

Welll, maybe; I suspect the real danger will come from liberals’ heads exploding at this news, but whatever works — or in the case of windmills, doesn’t work.

How long before a federal judge-who-would-be-king overrules Trump and orders the leases reinstated? One…two…three…