Thread: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers on 24 Hour Alert

US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers on 24 Hour Alert

October 23, 2017 at 11:00 AM



NWC had a post up the other day where he surmised that Trump might be ready to attack someone soon. Now Trump has put the nuclear bombers back on on alert.
Scare tactics to rattle North Korea, or is there something here?

The U.S. Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert, a status not seen since the Cold War ended in 1991.

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.

“This is yet one more step in ensuring that we’re prepared,” Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff, said in an interview during his six-day tour of Barksdale and other U.S. Air Force bases that support the nuclear mission. “I look at it more as not planning for any specific event, but more for the reality of the global situation we find ourselves in and how we ensure we’re prepared going forward.”

Goldfein and other senior defense officials stressed that the alert order had not been given, but that preparations were under way in anticipation that it might come. That decision would be made by Gen. John Hyten, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, or Gen. Lori Robinson, the head of U.S. Northern Command. STRATCOM is in charge of the military’s nuclear forces and NORTHCOM is in charge of defending North America.

Keep in mind there are other hotspots besides North Korea that could blow up at any time where the US may intervene, such as the South China Sea or the Senkaku Islands.

https://www.spartareport.com/2017/10...24-hour-alert/

Get ready folks and remember, we had no other choice, not one.

The little munchkin is playing with fire.

His own people need to take him out and liberate themselves...they outnumber the little creep.

Liberate yourselves...then we will come in and help you. You don't...you may not survive either.

Unless they want the full wrath of the US government and US Armed Forces in every rice bowl in North Korea before their heads can spin to say ' oh, look", YES, they need to take out their Little Rocket Man and all his sick generals who I believe are the ones who actually control him, not the other way around. North Korea is a military dictatorship in my opinion, not a Kim Jong Un dictatorship. I believe the North Korean military has been in charge of this little chub bowl since the day his father died upon the instructions of his father.

Originally Posted by Judy

Get ready folks and remember, we had no other choice, not one.

Simple posturing (IMO).

Originally Posted by MW

Simple posturing (IMO).

Who is doing the posturing? NK?

They are the ones blowing off the rockets.

This cannot be ignored anymore.

Article is more appropriate for Other Topics so moving from General Discussion. Thank you for posting.

Originally Posted by Beezer

Who is doing the posturing? NK?

They are the ones blowing off the rockets.

This cannot be ignored anymore.

Both sides are doing the posturing.