[Jet Jaguar]

Bump

[neverevergiveup]

I’m worried that the reason we’re hearing this, and the reason Trump has been purposefully saber rattling with regards North Korea, is because we’ve heard something unsettling.

[Psalm 73]

"...several B-52s parked on them, laden with nuclear weapons and set to take off at a moment’s notice."

3 - 2 - 1 - Liberal's heads explode.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

That means the long-dormant concrete pads at the ends of this base’s 11,000-foot runway — dubbed the “Christmas tree” for their angular markings — could once again find several B-52s parked on them, laden with nuclear weapons and set to take off at a moment’s notice.

Wouldn't we be better prepared if we weren't using B-52s made before most of us were born?

[SuperLuminal]

Can hardly wait for comments from obunghole and cankles...

[hoagy62]

This dovetails with the executive order President Trump signed recently that authorized reactivation of up to 1000 Air Force pilots.

I remember when BUFFs used to be on ready alert at Fairchild AFB. Used to have a couple of friends who were both crew chiefs. Fairchild is now a KC-135 base.

[JohnBovenmyer]

He’s also talking about recalling a thousand retired military pilots, which would enable greater operational tempo.

[StormEye]

I would rather have the B-52's flying at fail-safe
points rather than parked waiting for the order to go.
That's right, good old Cold-War strategy. Maybe flying
somewhere around North Korea. Maybe that will change
their behavior.

[DOC44]

GOOD. Always be pepared.... like today’s boys’ scouts.. condoms.

[Pontiac]

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has “ tested 30 percent more [nuclear weapons] than his father and grandfather combined,”

Either North Korea has a huge stockpile of fissile material or they are using up their cache of warheads.

Maybe Kim is using weapons testing as a negotiating tool. Perhaps he is following the dangerous path that Saddam Hussain took to his doom.

“Look at me. I am the toughest hombre in South East Asia.”

[Deaf Smith]

“Moments notice” ? How long is the pre flight for a B-52?

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Vermont Lt]

Good luck keeping that going.

[WildHighlander57]

BUFF bookmark....

[2CAVTrooper]

Here is an old youtube video of a B-52 MITO (Minimum Interval Take Off). From klaxon to first wheels up is about 4 minutes give or take.

https://youtu.be/wJ7niLYSVFo

[ROCKLOBSTER]

I love the B52s, but I also realize we have a host of nuclear-laden submarines and surface ships, each singularly capable of taking out an entire country. Then there are the B1 and B2 bombers. Just how many strikes would it actually take?

The B52 display is likely a highly visible public presentation, obviously intended for NORK consumption.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

It was Clinton’s “stand down” orders in 1994/95 that led to 9/11. There were no “ready alert” fighters anywhere near DC (closest was Langley, Va and they arrived after the plane had crashed into the Pentagon (I heard the plane, the explosion and saw the smoke. If I had not been a little late for work, I would have been right next to the Pentagon when it got hit).

The same for no “ready alert” fighters in New York City area, a major target for any terrorist group.

I won’t blame Clinton for all the “stand down” orders because some were justified, but NOT leaving our skies protected, esp. around DC, New York, Boston, Chicago, etc. was stupid, stupid, stupid.

[ThomasPaine2000]

It’s “Zulu Alert” time again. Remember it well...

[Despot of the Delta]

[familyop]

That’s good to see: our military forces and Executive ready to do whatever might need to be done under any circumstance. Far less chance of unforeseen surprises for us that way.