Stuff like this has been a problem in the US mountain west so long that all the big substations that are remotely near roads have been getting berms and plating

Stuff like this has been a problem in the US mountain west so long that all the big substations that are remotely near roads have been getting berms and plating around key equipment because you'll drive down any given road in rural New Mexico or where-ever and every single road sign is pockmarked with bullet impacts and in some cases giant tears from the larger calibers. It's a silent impetus behind so much of the communications out there staying on microwave or powerline carrier despite fiber runs being cheap and easy.