Posted on 10/28/2010 9:29:12 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The U.S. military is looking into an incident on Saturday in which it lost communications with 50 long-range nuclear-armed missiles based in the northern United States. The U.S. Air Force's new Global Strike Command lost communications with the missiles for about 45 minutes, and says it immediately dispatched troops to inspect the sites. The check determined there was no damage and no evidence of sabotage.
A spokesman for the command says investigators believe a faulty circuit board at a control center was to blame. The spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel John Thomas, says experts found that the same type of part failed at two other Air Force missile control centers in the late 1990s.
The military has launched two investigations into the incident, but a Pentagon spokesman, Colonel David Lapan, says the Air Force does not see the disruption as significant.
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“Mr. President, we have lost control of some missiles in the west, we found out they have been requisitioned by some unit known as ECOMCON”.
(o)bama: We got to get the hell out of here pronto.
And your alibi is...? :)
A whole launch control center out of commission
Discomforting to say the least...
Aw hell, they could always launch from the airborne command post...as long as Obama hasn’t lost the launch codes like Clinton did.
As an IT guy... all I can say is that, well... sh*t happens.
This ought be investigated and if heads need to roll so be it. Those missiles should be ready to launch at a moments notice. There is no excuse for bases housing nuclear weapons suffer power outages.
As an IT guy... all I can add is that, whatever they admit in the press the real situation was way worse.
I have always advocated that these bases have internal power sorces in case they lose outside power.
and who made the decision to go public with this?
I’m still wondering why the Minot loose arrow became public.
Part of Assuages’ workings?
Skynet.
We have that to a certain degree and its called SIOP.
So, if that is the case, it should be all of two minutes work to verify.
Right?
You are correct. I feel this is a bigger problem.
They don’t like Obama, either.
There are probably a lot of folks who have no idea what you’re talking about - I’m not one of them. But that probably isn’t the answer.
A more relevant danger is that someone else launches them while authorities are scrambling. It doesn't have to be done remotely.
A spokesman for the command says investigators believe a faulty circuit board at a control center was to blame. The spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel John Thomas, says experts found that the same type of part failed at two other Air Force missile control centers in the late 1990s. The boards were made in China.
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