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Transnational Thursday for March 19, 2026

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Situation status: MONITORED

Situation update:

The object was protected, but no one could predict that someone would use Star Trek tier technology to get in.

Fire in Pardubice: They forcibly entered the building using a hammer and an axe

You can say it like that, but of course we don't underestimate the issue of security. And in the media everything revolves around the fence.

Securing these objects is not just about fencing. Of course, fencing is an obstacle, but it is not a roadblock. This means that if I want to overcome the fence, I will always overcome it.

For me, it is important that the buildings located there are secured by electrical security systems, camera systems, and various detectors.

They got over the fence, but at the moment when there was entry, unauthorized entry into those buildings - I would like to emphasize here that the entry was forcibly made using a large hammer and an axe

Not ordinary hammer, but large assault hammer (probably painted black). Obviously, all resistance was futile.

The damage seems to be substantial.

The Pardubice hall that caught fire must be demolished

Hundreds of millions. Zbrojovka estimated the damage after the arson attack

Hundreds of millions in local money. 100M CZK ~ 4,7M USD right now. Do the maffs.

Cost of operation: train tickets, few hammers, axes and cans of gasoline, about half dozen activists.

Good ROI? Certainly better than throwing soup at paintings, chaining yourself to road or releasing rats in fast food restaurant.

Now, the question is: how many activists are there, and can the recruiting pipeline deliver new ones faster than the existing are hunted down? If the answer to the later question is yes, get ready for spicy times.

Securing these objects is not just about fencing. Of course, fencing is an obstacle, but it is not a roadblock. This means that if I want to overcome the fence, I will always overcome it.

I mean, that's not wrong. Generally, security these days isn't "leave it unmonitored with a wall nobody can get past", it's "have sufficient fence/barbed wire/whatnot to delay people long enough for security to respond."

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