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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 01:13 PM Original message |
Loose Nukes Looming Near - by Captain Eric H. May |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. the Air Force, which just violated 40 years of policy without explanation |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And There's This (with a DU mention): |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. And This, Which I Found In That, By Larry Johnson |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Nukes are not a deterrent... our troops are down wind |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The weapons on the B-52 are not big city-busting bombs |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The W-80 warhead has variable "Dial-A-Yield" capability. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. You're wrong about the fallout. "Bunker busters" generate much more of it, not less. |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. The Fed of Am Scientists site claims |
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Rene (758 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 04:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
53. What about the discrepancy in press reports that 6 nukes were loaded and only 5 arrived ???? |
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lazyriver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
60. Hmmm. I wonder what would happen to the price of crude |
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azygous (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. An awful thought has occurred to me |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Most postal workers don't carry nukes... (n/t) |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. "To take a single M-16 rifle from the arms room |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The point is that even such a simple task requires paperwork. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. What paperwork does it take |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. That's simple theft. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I was originally commenting on the ridiculous assertion in the OP |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I have similar experience, but we NEVER loaded nuke on a combat aircraft 'by accident!' |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Did you even read the OP? |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Yes. I read the OP. I'm not trying to play expert... I'm trying to keep the story alive. |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. I can tell you that losing an M16 is serious buisness and many a unit has been held in the field for |
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Salviati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. A "false flag" attack: |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Thank You !!! - I Remember Reading About Operation Northwoods |
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jhain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. I want to buy this man a beer! |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. there are only THREE news stories on this at google! |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yet there are at least 15 mentions of this news story!!! |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. yes, I think the US government is suppressing this story |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
8. This scares the hell out of me. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. Great article |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. In a society with a free press, it would be. nm |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I guess n/t |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. "Shouldn't this story be receiving non-stop news coverage?" |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Big K and R and thanks to WillyT for starting this thread... |
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Venus Dog (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. Check out these "predictions" by FEMA |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. 1. NYC 1993 attack & subsequent convictions. 2. NOLA for yrs a known concern re: hurricance hit. |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. “Nuclear Weapons and Me” (or ‘How I Spent my Summer Vacation’) |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. evening kick |
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Blue Fire (588 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Yes, we have seen what nuclear weapons can do. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. from wiki: |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. So did he or didn't he give the orders? Will not ANY Dem in Congress demand to know?? |
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WileEcoyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. It was an intentional leak |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. The information was 'leaked' to the Military Times, owned by Gannett |
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WileEcoyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. A warning to Iran |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. This is NOT about IRAN |
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WileEcoyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Well I'm just speculating |
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Cheap_Trick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. if this had happened on Clinton's watch |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-09-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Heck, you KNOW this is Clinton's fault!!! |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. That bunker has a name: |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
47. K & R |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
48. Another dot... |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
49. whatever happened it is downright scary |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
50. Does anyone remember that break-in by the government of China into US "non-vital"intel? |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
51. Super post! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
52. Eric May is the Ghost Troop guy |
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Don1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
54. Here is What I Think |
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Peggy Day (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
55. Doesn't anyone remember the animated film about how the bunker busters |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
56. Please forgive my complete and utter ignorance of all things military... |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
57. Kick |
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KaptBunnyPants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
58. I wonder if they were going to hit an American city or just Iran. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-10-07 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
59. USAirforce...now run by born agin zealots praying for the rapture....nt |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-11-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
61. Is this story fallin off DU's radar already? big KICK. Today. Tomorrow. The next day. |
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