>>3180265 lb
Wonder if they are incapacitating the weather mod components. I think the shutdown of Sunspot had to do with laser tech that many observatories have.
"Approximately 67 meters (220 feet) of this telescope lie out of sight underground. The whole building from top to bottom is a single instrument. The telescope’s entire optical system – from the top of the Tower to the base of its underground portion, plus the 12 meter (40 foot) diameter observing room floor – is suspended from the top of the Tower by a mercury float bearing. The bearing in turn is hung on three bolts, each only 76 millimeters (3 inches) in diameter. The entire optical and mechanical structure of the telescope is longer than a football field and weighs over 250 tons."
https://www.nso.edu/telescopes/