<p style="font-weight: 400;">After President Donald Trump warned that the United States could target Iran’s energy infrastructure, critics overlooked that such strikes have been a standard practice of modern warfare for nearly a century.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” Trump posted Sunday on Truth Social. “There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F*ckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">He reiterated the warning Monday, telling reporters, &#8220;Every bridge in Iran will be decimated by 12 o&#8217;clock tomorrow night, where every power plant in Iran will be out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again. I mean complete demolition by 12 o&#8217;clock, and it will happen over a period of four hours if we wanted to — we don&#8217;t want that to happen.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Critics responded by warning such actions could violate international law. A spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cautioned against targeting civilian infrastructure. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-NJ) accused Trump of proposing &#8220;mass war crimes,&#8221; arguing that destroying bridges and power plants would both harm innocent civilians and fail to reopen the Strait. Erika Guevara-Rosas of Amnesty International similarly <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/03/trump-warning-attack-iran-power-plants-is-threat-to-commit-war-crimes/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CIntentionally%20attacking%20civilian%20infrastructure%20such,cause%20disproportionate%20harm%20to%20civilians.">stated</a> that attacks on power plants are &#8220;generally prohibited&#8221; and could be unlawful if they cause disproportionate civilian harm.</p>
<p>Yet targeting energy and infrastructure has long been a cornerstone of military strategy.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">During World War II, during the <a href="https://dpaa-mil.experience.crmforce.mil/Projects/s/wwii/operation-tidal-wave">Ploești Raids</a> in 1943 (Operation Tidal Wave), U.S. bombers launched a high-risk raid on the Romanian oil refineries that supplied roughly 30% of Nazi Germany&#8217;s fuel. By 1944, <a href="https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0407twenty/">relentless bombing</a> of coal-to-liquid fuel plants (like those at Leuna) helped cripple German military operations due to fuel shortages.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In the Korean War, <a href="https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196085/strategic-bombing-new-flexibility/#:~:text=In%20the%20spring%20of%201952,specific%20high%2Dvalue%20economic%20targets.">Operation Pressure Pump</a> in 1952 saw U.S. forces attack major hydroelectric plants, knocking out roughly 90% of North Korea&#8217;s power grid and even causing blackouts in parts of China.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">During the Vietnam War, in <a href="https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-017/h-017-2.html">Operation Rolling Thunder</a>, the U.S. targeted North Vietnamese petroleum, oil, and lubricant (POL) storage facilities. Later in the war, during Operation Linebacker, the U.S. used &#8220;smart bombs&#8221; (laser-guided) to strike the thermal power plants in Hanoi, significantly disrupting the city&#8217;s electricity.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In the 1991 Gulf War, U.S.-led coalition forces <a href="https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/infrastructure-targeting-and-postwar-iraq">destroyed</a> or disabled nearly 90% of Iraq&#8217;s national power grid within days. The United States used specialized &#8220;Graphite Bombs&#8221; (non-lethal wire-dropping canisters) to short-circuit electrical substations.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">More recently, during the 2011 Libya intervention, NATO forces <a href="https://www.nato.int/en/news-and-events/articles/news/2011/07/06/nato-cuts-off-pro-qadhafi-access-to-fuel-in-brega?utm_source=chatgpt.com">targeted</a> fuel and logistics infrastructure (including refueling equipment) used by Muammar Gaddafi’s military. In the war against ISIS, Operation Tidal Wave II  <a href="https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/630352/oir-spokesman-coalition-cripples-isil-oil-distribution/">targeted</a> the oil infrastructure controlled by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.</p>

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