Posted on 04/13/2018 5:52:53 AM PDT by Enlightened1
US forces have deployed the “Doomsday Plane” amid fears of war with Russia as tensions look ready to snap over Syria.
Just after US President Donald Trump told Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to “get ready” for a missile strike the feared aircraft took to the sky.
US forces put a Boeing E-4B Nightwatch plane into the air from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Indiana.
The Nightwatch – also known as the Doomsday Plane – is an airborne nuclear war command centre.
It would allow the US to maintain a chain of command in the event of a major war and is mobile communications hub.
Pentagon officials declined to give any information about the flight which came amid fears of an imminent World War 3.
The Doomsday Plane is one of 10 emergency airborne command posts which can be deployed in the outbreak of war.
President Trump, along with his top generals and secretary of defence, would be expected to be board the plane during a conflict.
US forces keep the planes on round-the-clock alert should the world plunge into a nuclear war.
The planes are summoned into action by a klaxon, and one is always kept within range of the US President’s location – even when he is outside the US.
Pentagon officials declined to comment on the deployment of the plane when speaking to Russian TV, saying the US carries out "numerous missions every day".
(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...
The planes are summoned into action by a klaxon...
It’s always some fruit cake that gets us into a war.
WWIII? The Russiasn don’t seem to worried. The Russian ambassador was laughing through his press conference today. They LOVE this attention because it makes Russia important. Otherwise, to paraphrase Juan McCain, Russia is just a gas station masquerading as a country.
It seems wasteful of the Air Force to move a whole airbase over state lines a short distance. Did they move the museum too?
Last I knew, Wright Patterson was in Dayton, Ohio
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The moved Wright Patterson last week. Small story - not many covered it ...
Hell, when I was in the Air Force and stationed at Offutt we put THREE of them in air EVERY day.
No one. The flying CC won’t have anything to land for. If you can’t stop 1000 ICBM’s that would be on the way, then what difference does it make? You’ll die slowly and painfully over the next couple of month anyway.
rwood
Ha
... “Ah... If the pilot’s good, see. I mean, if he’s really... sharp, he can barrel that baby in so low spreads his arms like wings., ... you oughtta see it sometime, it’s a sight. A big plane, like a ‘52, vroom! There’s jet exhaust, flyin’ like chickens in the barnyard!”
Pro tip: try to order pizza for delivery in Alexandria, VA. When your wait time exceeds 4 hours for delivery of if a restaurant order site crashes....you know the boys in the Pentagon are going to be sleeping overnight.
“Mr. President, we must not allow a mine shaft gap!”
What’s with the intake on top of the fuselage?
Jack Bauer
Shouldn’t stuff like this be secret?
Real Story (CNN Wolf Lemon report): Indiana won the April 18 War, against Ohio and took possession.
Trump’s Fault.
What a bunch of drivel. The Russkies have already moved all their chit out of the area we may decide to bomb. Between trying to hold onto a piece of the Ukraine and helping Assad in Israel Purdy has just about maxed out his budget. The last thing he’s thinking of is sad with America.
Doctor, you mentioned the ration of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn’t that necessitate the abandonment of the so called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned?
Strangelove:
Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.
Good! We can have an extra glass or two of wine this evening. Since we are doomed.
Drinking an extra glass of wine ‘will shorten your life by 30 minutes’!
The Guardian ^ | Fri 13 Apr 2018 07.09 BST First published on Thu 12 Apr 2018 23.30 BST | Sarah Boseley Health editor
Posted on 4/13/2018, 4:37:45 AM by vannrox
Drinking will shorten your life, according to a study that suggests every glass of wine or pint of beer over the daily recommended limit will cut half an hour from the expected lifespan of a 40-year-old.
Those who think a glass of red wine every evening will help keep the heart healthy will be dismayed. The paper, published in the Lancet medical journal, says five standard 175ml glasses of wine or five pints a week is the upper safe limit – about 100g of alcohol, or 12.5 units in total. More than that raises the risk of stroke, fatal aneurysm (a ruptured artery in the chest), heart failure and death.
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Dayton, Schmayton, Indiana, Ohio - a minor detail.
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