NEWSWIRE Could the U.S. Face a Cruise Missile Threat from the Gulf of Mexico?

National Journal ^ | Friday, March 21, 2014 | Diane Barnes

[FreedomPoster]

Obama is going to invoke the Monroe Doctrine and take care of that problem any minute now. < /s>

[Vermont Lt]

Not trying to be a jerk, but do a search on defaults in a China.

Don’t believe their growth figures. They are all PBOC bulls1t.

The Chinese economy is on the verge of collapse. Wait a few months. You will see.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Nor am I trying to be a jerk, right back at you.

But last year we exported approximately 122 billion worth of goods to China.

China exported right back 440 billion worth of goods.

The factories used to make that 440 billion worth of goods, are majority Chinese owned, and the factories used to make that 440 billion worth of goods are all staffed by Chinese.

That is a massive imbalance.

America needs to make things.

Right here.

Now.

[Star Traveler]

I do know about a potential EMP attack. And that should be a good reason for Iran not having any nuclear weapons.

But, the fact of the matter, there are several other sources for this happening, if they decide they have good enough reason and they are willing to take the blowback. There’s China and Russia. Either one of them can EASILY do that without any problem at all. They each may decide that they want a “new world order” in which they will come out on top, out of the ashes of everything afterwards.

And then, there are the terrorists, who can easily disguise the material and out it into place offshore, way off in International waters. Terrorists have enough money and the wherewithal to do that sort of thing.

It can be done if anyone puts their mind to it.

[Terry L Smith]

The truth is, the Gulf Coast has been vulnerable from the 1960’s. If the Cubans had built 1-st generation cruise missle facilities, instead of IRBM lauch pads, things would be a little different today.

1-st generation cruise missles were not small:

Snark missile:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=SM-62+Snark&Form=R5FD8#view=detail&id=66114621D88B033B4650CDE7323A519B7EA420E5&selectedIndex=4

Early soviet pilotless MIG:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=early+soviet+cruise+missile&qpvt=early+soviet+cruise+missile&FORM=IGRE#view=detail&id=B449F77A1B1A5013FA316EBEC5D2FFFAE4F89447&selectedIndex=4

[Rockpile]

The alert flight at Ellington Field right now is from the Oklahoma Air Guard I believe.

The fighters filmed out the windows of AF One on 9/12 were from the DC area. The F16s from Houston were on top cover.

[null and void]

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[Nifster]

why not... we faced nuclear threat from Cuba in the 60s

[bgill]

Russians are making moves with equipment we gave them.