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How warheads made an unplanned flight (B-52 flight Minot to Barksdale AGM-129 Snafu)
WaPo via LA Times ^ | September 23, 2007 | Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus

Posted on 09/24/2007 8:00:15 PM PDT by Red Steel

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To: khnyny

Why?

honestly, if you were nuked I don’t think you’d even notice, a big flash and you’re gone....


101 posted on 09/25/2007 3:09:32 PM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: MD_Willington_1976

Nah.

The nuclear “big flash and you’re gone instantly” region is only a few miles radius.

The rest of us (not under the big flash, or the slightly larger “big fire but not as quick a death”, nor the even larger “lots of wind damage but no immediate fire”) just have to put up with the (left over) liberal democrats surrendering ....

Those that are not requiring a Congressional investigation and asking “why don’t we arrest them” questions.


102 posted on 09/25/2007 6:04:09 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Squantos
Barksdale is a lot closer than Minot. Wherever they were being prepositioned for was closer to Louisiana (as the crow flies, so to speak) than Minot.

Someone mentioned Israel's Syria raid as well, and there might have been a wee bit of a retaliatory deterrent there as well.

Who was rattling what saber on the 29th of August, when this happened?

(Of course, deterrents aren't worth squat if no one knows about them...so I reckon, even the apparent 'leak' was intentional, too.)

From the article: No acknowledgment was made until service members leaked the story to the Military Times, which published a brief account Sept. 5.

Hmmmm. They would know better, I think, unless it was intentional all the way.

(Where did the "I can neither confirm nor deny..." bit go all of a sudden?)

It will be interesting to see where the officer 'relieved of his command' ends up.

103 posted on 09/25/2007 9:28:58 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: txroadkill
I tend to agree, exactly.

Even if these were completely live weapons, loaded with fresh physics packages, fuel, batteries et al, they were not loaded up as such on the wing, and therefore how could they have been targeted?

And then if someone were to attempt to steal or launch the missile, how far would the B-52 ever get if it diverted off the mainland?

104 posted on 11/20/2007 2:04:09 AM PST by valkyry1
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To: Southack

I don’t see how making the world (and all our own Leftards especially) think that we’re careless with nuclear warheads sends any “message” that we want to send.....??

Maybe I’m dense but I don’t get that....


105 posted on 11/20/2007 2:16:01 AM PST by Enchante (Democrat terror-fighting motto: "BLEAT - CHEAT - RETREAT - DEFEAT")
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
That is why MADD worked between the the US and the Russkies. Why? We both had the little and the big warheads.

And while the islamonut-jobs may well get a nuke and hit us with it, this is why it will be all over for him after that.

Depending on who is POTUS, the islamonut will see a pattern of 6 to 12 mega-ton nukes going off over Tehran, at 5,8,12k’ or whatever works best to make things hot real hot for him

106 posted on 11/20/2007 2:38:50 AM PST by valkyry1
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