Mass Destruction, Energy Facility, Nashville Tuesday — Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction and Attempting to Destroy an Energy Facility in Nashville | United States Justice Department.
“I commend the agents who investigated this conduct and stopped this attack from victimizing our community. Philippi carries a maximum potential punishment of life in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. A federal district court judge will determine any prison term after considering the U.S. Philippi said that his plan was to fly a drone with explosives attached to it into the electric substation, that he preferred to build a drone himself to avoid law enforcement detection, and that he wanted to attach TATP (Triacetone Triperoxide, a high-energy explosive material) or
C-4 explosive material to the drone.In August 2024, Philippi told an undercover employee (UCE) that he had written what he called a “manifesto” outlining his desire to attack “high tax cities or industrial areas to let the kikes lose money,” and about his previous affiliation with Atomwaffen Division and the National Alliance.In September 2024, Philippi conducted reconnaissance of a specific electric substation. I commend the prosecutors who held the defendant accountable for his terrible actions.”“Skyler Philippi planned to attack an energy facility with a drone containing explosives, which had the potential to knock out
power to thousands of American homes and to critical facilities like hospitals,” said Assistant Director Donald Holstead of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division. He acquired what he believed to be explosives, surveilled his target, and equipped a drone to attack an electrical substation. Motivated by a violent ideology, Philippi wanted ‘to do something big.’ Instead, the FBI disrupted his plans, and Philippi now awaits sentencing,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. “The National Security Division and the FBI will continue to protect our Nation’s critical infrastructure from would-be saboteurs.”“Our office is fully committed to thwarting