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jar
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Message 1 of 14 (822377)
10-23-2017 8:36 PM


Which nations did the US drop nuclear bombs on?
On which nation did the US drop the most nuclear bombs?
Does the US know where all of it's nuclear bombs are stored?
Why should we know about Tybee Island?

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jar
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Message 4 of 14 (822392)
10-24-2017 8:13 AM
Reply to: Message 2 by Phat
10-24-2017 3:06 AM


Re: Questions Answered
Phat writes:
As far as I know, we only dropped two on Japan, though we tested many within our own territories.
Actually, we dropped four in Spain, others in North and South Carolina, one missing somewhere in the Mediterranean, several accidentally destroyed in crashes off the US Pacific Coast and at airports in California among other sites.
Phat writes:
Not counting Japan, probably ourselves. Again, they were tests, however.
But most were not tests but accidents.
Phat writes:
I would surely hope so.
Except we kinda don't. The one dropped in South Carolina has never been found, the one in the Med has never been found, the one off Tybee has never been found, the one off the Pacific NW has never been recovered....and those are some of the acknowledged examples.
The record has not been good but so far the safety feature and procedures have kept us from a major incident. The bombs and hardware are old though. Incidents like the recent US Naval Ship collisions has made questioning training and staffing reasonable. The bomber deterrent was initially dropped because it posed greater accident risk and less security than the Nuclear Missile Submarines.
So before putting nuclear bombs back in the skies over us maybe we need to be sure the hardware, training and procedures offer sufficient assurances of safety to offset the risk.
But is that analysis actually being done?

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jar
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From: Texas!!
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Message 8 of 14 (822448)
10-25-2017 10:44 AM
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10-25-2017 10:08 AM


Re: Being Prepared For What?
Phat writes:
Some believe that the government and military of the United States have always existed to protect the interests of the wealthy first of all. Is this true, even partially?
Are you familiar with "commutation fees"? Why not?
Phat writes:
We need to ask larger questions. Fear is used as a method of control, and our population is being fed fear more often with this administration than with the previous one. Take North Korea. Are they a threat? Yes, and No. They theoretically could cause extreme damage to US interests or to the country itself, but only at the cost of their own lives. But it seems that we are the stupid ones. We spend billions and even trillions on our military. Outdated equipment is only part of the problem. And whats sad is that the average American is not concerned about the interconnectedness of the world...only in preserving an America that is a ghost of the past and which no longer exists or more likely never existed.
The goal of terrorism is to provoke the enemy into overreaction; to get the enemy to spend billions to counter a $200.00 threat.
It works.

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jar
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Message 11 of 14 (822510)
10-26-2017 7:44 PM
Reply to: Message 10 by Phat
10-26-2017 6:28 PM


Re: The Reliable Old B-52
Too funny.
HOW ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH IS THE Xian H-6 STILL IN SERVICE?
But wait, there's more. There is the Xian H-8 & H-9 & H-10 & H20...
Look them up.

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