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Could the US even launch a nuclear missile if it wanted to? Critics point to growing alarm
UK daily mail ^ | 20 December 2014

Posted on 12/21/2014 5:51:32 PM PST by Jet Jaguar

Faced with one of its biggest challenges in years - repairing a troubled nuclear missile corps - the Air Force has taken an important first step by admitting, after years of denial, that its problems run deep and wide. Less certain is whether it will find all the right fixes, apply them fully and convince a doubting force of launch officers, security guards and other nuclear workers that their small and narrow career field is not a dead end. The stakes are huge.The nation's strategy for deterring nuclear war rests in part on the 450 Minuteman 3 missiles that stand ready, 24/7, to launch at a moment's notice from underground silos in five states. Some question the wisdom of that strategy in an era of security threats dominated by terrorism and cyberattacks. But whatever their role, those intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, will have to be safeguarded for years to come.

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To: hinckley buzzard
Loss of institutional memory is a potentially crippling side effect of the draw down on national defense.

That doesn't mean they won't still work, in situ as is. Hey what the heck ...

21 posted on 12/21/2014 6:21:22 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: PROCON
Looks like I better move to Jericho......

22 posted on 12/21/2014 6:23:02 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Marie

There’s only one solution: disband the Air Force and bring back the Army Air Corp. ;)


23 posted on 12/21/2014 6:23:49 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

For 20 Years the Nuclear Launch Code at US Minuteman Silos Was 00000000
http://gizmodo.com/for-20-years-the-nuclear-launch-code-at-us-minuteman-si-1473483587

I’m thinking that if they reset all the launch codes to 00000000 they could do it successfully with no problem!


24 posted on 12/21/2014 6:26:54 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

That’s the same combination that I have on my luggage.


25 posted on 12/21/2014 6:28:47 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Damn straight! lol!


26 posted on 12/21/2014 6:32:44 PM PST by Marie
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To: BenLurkin

I see what you did there.


27 posted on 12/21/2014 6:33:26 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: OneWingedShark

How about one large Marine Corps with a naval contingent?


28 posted on 12/21/2014 6:33:41 PM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: BenLurkin

OOOOO.
That could be all kinds of fun.


29 posted on 12/21/2014 6:35:17 PM PST by gfbtbb (Ladies and Gentlemen, we are on our own.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

The USAF takes a missile out of a silo and uses it to launch warheads under scientific test just to be sure the systems work...and they do.


30 posted on 12/21/2014 6:37:17 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Dont believe everything you read on Gizmodo or Snopes either.
Both are full of crap.
Hydrazine huh.
I was an LGM25C. what’s your connection?


31 posted on 12/21/2014 6:41:24 PM PST by gfbtbb (Ladies and Gentlemen, we are on our own.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

The Air Force has been spending all its time kicking God out of all its events so is it any wonder troubles have filled the vacuum? No sympathy here.


32 posted on 12/21/2014 6:44:26 PM PST by armydawg505
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To: Marie

So things have done a 180 reversal with the Air force?
Once upon a time we thought the Navy had that act down to a science and the Army didn’t care about housing at all.Does the Army still not care? Just asking. been a while.


33 posted on 12/21/2014 6:45:12 PM PST by gfbtbb (Ladies and Gentlemen, we are on our own.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

What is even the point of land-based missile silos? the enemy knows where they are and could in theory take them out in a surprise attack. Boomer subs on the other hand, lurk anywhere in the world, and cannot all be taken out because they won’t know where most of them are, if they know where any of them are.


34 posted on 12/21/2014 6:46:14 PM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: Jet Jaguar

Thank God for the boomers, eh? We all knew the air force would never pull their weight in the triad.


35 posted on 12/21/2014 6:58:13 PM PST by MNnice
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To: Jet Jaguar

Take the humans out of the loop. Let the WOPR make the decisions.


36 posted on 12/21/2014 6:59:51 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Pointing out dereliction of duty is NOT fear mongering, especially in a panDEMic)
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To: Jet Jaguar

The directions are right here!

http://www.titan2icbm.org/lnch.PDF


37 posted on 12/21/2014 7:01:54 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Pants up; don't loot)
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To: gfbtbb

No connection to the Titan II or any other military rocket. I’m just a rocket man.


38 posted on 12/21/2014 7:02:11 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Obama probably had all the keys collected


39 posted on 12/21/2014 7:10:04 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: CodeToad; Squantos

Ping


40 posted on 12/21/2014 7:18:02 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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