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On August 30, an Air Force B-52 strategic bomber took off from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and flew to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. What made this story newsworthy is that the B-52 in question was armed with live nuclear weapons making the nuclear-armed flight something that hasn't happened since nuclear-armed planes were grounded in the U.S. in 1968.
The Air Force claims there was an error involved in the transfer of munitions. I don't buy this. You don't have multiple safeguards 'broken' in one afternoon. Statistically, I suppose it was bound to happen?
Second, when has the military ever been this forward about a mistake...on domestic territory no less? Perhaps this was intentionally leaked to put Iran on 'notice'. I honestly believe this is the case. This may be a bit of a stretch, but Barksdale is a jump-off point to the Middle East....
Has anyone else read about this?
More worrisome is other seemingly unrelated events that have taken place over the past few days. Putin dissolving the gov't, and just a day earlier, testing the worlds largest non-nuclear weapon, discovery of a possible nuclear site in Syria while in the previous days Israel was flying fighters over that area, Patraeus discussing a 'proxy war' with Iran, while the diplomatic attempts with Iran have failed (China, now with Russia, blocking diplomatic containment of Iran).
I'd be interested in hearing your input and speculation on this data.
(why does it seem like we're living in a Tom Clancy novel all of a sudden?)
The Air Force claims there was an error involved in the transfer of munitions. I don't buy this. You don't have multiple safeguards 'broken' in one afternoon. Statistically, I suppose it was bound to happen?
Second, when has the military ever been this forward about a mistake...on domestic territory no less? Perhaps this was intentionally leaked to put Iran on 'notice'. I honestly believe this is the case. This may be a bit of a stretch, but Barksdale is a jump-off point to the Middle East....
Has anyone else read about this?
More worrisome is other seemingly unrelated events that have taken place over the past few days. Putin dissolving the gov't, and just a day earlier, testing the worlds largest non-nuclear weapon, discovery of a possible nuclear site in Syria while in the previous days Israel was flying fighters over that area, Patraeus discussing a 'proxy war' with Iran, while the diplomatic attempts with Iran have failed (China, now with Russia, blocking diplomatic containment of Iran).
I'd be interested in hearing your input and speculation on this data.
(why does it seem like we're living in a Tom Clancy novel all of a sudden?)
, you'll note that my biggest problems with Iraq have been: (1) going in there when there were more pressing threats, i.e., bin Laden, N. Korea, and Iran, and (2) gross mismanagement. I think that it is because we are in Iraq that Iran sorta has us by the balls right now. I mean, we could lob tons of nukes over there, but if you're talking about realistic military engagement, threats to go into Iran probably ring pretty hollow right now.
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