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Pentagon Prepping U.S. Military Bases to Survive 90 Days Without Help from Civilian Power Grid

Oct 27, 2026 | 4:27 PM

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Oct. 27, 2026 ~ Fox News Correspondent and WJR Contributor Eben Brown joins Marie Osborne to discuss the Pentagon prepping major U.S. military bases to survive 90 days without the help of the civilian power grid.

ARLINGTON, VA. ~ In an effort to protect U.S. military operations from power grid failures, the Pentagon is requiring that every major U.S. military base has to be able to operate on its own for 90 days. The FORTRESS initiative was announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last month.

The initiative plans to use portable nuclear reactors, along with large-scale battery storage and localized microgrids that can disconnect from the civilian grid, to protect bases from a collapse.

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