FBI Arrests White Supremacist for Plotting Explosive Drone Attack on Nashville Energy Facility

Nov 4, 2024, 11:17 PM

Federal agents have arrested and charged a Tennessee man, 24-year-old Skyler Philippi, with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction to destroy an energy facility in Nashville, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Philippi, who has ties to the white supremacist group Atomwaffen and considers himself an accelerationist, allegedly planned to use an explosive-laden drone to attack a Nashville energy facility. He is the 20th member of Atomwaffen to face federal charges. Philippi believed that attacking the electric grid would "shock the system" and cause other substations to fail. The FBI thwarted the plan before it could be executed.