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Offshore wind farms as strategic liabilities

The answer treats offshore wind farms as infrastructure needing protection when considering proposed military uses.

Question

Can offshore wind farms serve as minefield-like navigation denial zones or sensor platforms?

Short answer

The assessment is that wind farms add valuable infrastructure that must be defended, without establishing a minefield-like or surveillance role.

Notes

Offshore wind farms create an obligation to protect valuable infrastructure. The answer rejects treating their presence as a ready-made minefield or sensor platform. From the operational standpoint discussed, they would add a defence burden.