A man with ties to white nationalist groups has been arrested for attempting to launch an explosive drone on a Nashville energy facility –– which would have destroyed critical infrastructure and left thousands of Americans without power.

The FBI thwarted the plans of Skyler Philippi, 24, of Tenn., to attack Nashville’s power grid in plot to destroy society, the DOJ saidA Tennessee man who allegedly planned to launch an explosive-laden drone to destroy Nashville’s power grid to “further his violent White supremacist ideology” was arrested over the weekend and charged with federal crimes,

A Tennessee man was arrested Saturday and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility.

A white supremacist from Tennessee is accused of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction to attack an energy facility in Nashville according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).The DOJ reports 24-year-old Skyler Philippi of Columbia,