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Posted on 12/01/2023 5:00:14 PM PST by EBH
An unauthorized vehicle attempted to enter the headquarters of U.S. Strategic Command (Stratcom) Thursday night, prompting gunshots and a lockdown before the driver backed away and left the base.
Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, which is home to Stratcom, said the unknown vehicle tried to enter the main gate of the facility at 10 p.m.
Offutt security forces activated a barrier system that prevented the vehicle from entering, forcing the individual to turn around.
Security also fired shots at the vehicle before it fled the scene, according to the base, and a lockdown was initiated out of an abundance of caution.
The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office in Nebraska is working on the case along with police from the nearby city of Bellevue.
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Sounds like some folks need some range time.
Vehicle sneaks in.
https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/squirrel-riding-skateboard-1485094c
All had experience in City of Chicago. Stories like 80 shots were fired at the back yard party and one person was injured but not seriously.
Shots fired at vehicle that tried to get onto Offutt Air Force Base
Guards from the 55th Security Forces Squadron activated an automatic barricade to block entrance to the base. The vehicle turned around and left the gate area, and security forces fired their weapons at it, the posts said.
The must be piss poor shots. How many females were manning that gate ?
They can’t trap the vehicle in a no-man’s land and capture the intruder that way? He’s free to turn around and just drive away? What the heck? Who designed that security?
abundance of caution
How big is an ‘abundance’?
How big is an ‘abundance’?“
Enough to allow the perp to get away.
A place like that ought to have a sallyport.
Or an automobile oubliette.
The “military base” was unable to stop the vehicle
Automatic barricade....
In Criminal Minds the moving chain of tire spikes is followed by a deliberate truck crash into the cars-—and abduction of agent Emily Prentiss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdxFyO5vOnQ
I had to look that one up. Thanks for the "learn something new every day"!
Just scale this up...
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If they had been going 3mph over the base speed limit then they would be toast.
Poor shots or just armed with ineffective sidearms. Consider the security response to a truck load of heavily armed terrorists rushing through the gate.
It's an Air Force base. A fairly large campus with multiple buildings and parking lots. A "sallyport" is fine for a small county jail to control import/export of prisoners.
If you're supposed to be on the base, you stop at the gate and pull your ID or CAC card or have an authorized escort. Some of the buildings have man traps with armed guards on the building entrance.
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