Posted on 08/18/2016 7:38:04 AM PDT by Enlightened1
EXCLUSIVE/ Two independent sources told EurActiv.com that the US has started transferring nuclear weapons stationed in Turkey to Romania, against the background of worsening relations between Washington and Ankara .
According to one of the sources, the transfer has been very challenging in technical and political terms.
“It’s not easy to move 20+ nukes,” said the source, on conditions of anonymity.
According to a recent report by the Simson Center, since the Cold War, some 50 US tactical nuclear weapons have been stationed at Turkey’s Incirlik air base, approximately 100 kilometres from the Syrian border.
During the failed coup in Turkey in July, Incirlik’s power was cut, and the Turkish government prohibited US aircraft from flying in or out. Eventually, the base commander was arrested and implicated in the coup. Whether the US could have maintained control of the weapons in the event of a protracted civil conflict in Turkey is an unanswerable question, the report says.
Another source told EurActiv.com that the US-Turkey relations had deteriorated so much following the coup that Washington no longer trusted Ankara to host the weapons. The American weapons are being moved to the Deveselu air base in Romania, the source said.
Deveselu, near the city of Caracal, is the new home of the US missile shield, which has infuriated Russia.
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To counter the Russians in Ukraine?
In 0bummer’s twisted world, if they got 40% out, that’s winning.
Oops, and thanks.
My bet is that they were moved weeks ago.
If the bombs were moved then they were moved to Germany or Italy that already have the infrastructure.
Something is gonna have to stop that Russian armor. 40,000 troops ready to roll up the scumbag Euro Nazi trash. The first NATO country or NATO wannabe country has already fallen. You done slapped a cornered bear. Now comes pay back.
“PanARMENIAN.Net - The Romanian foreign ministry, MAE on Thursday, August 18 dismissed claims that the U.S. has started transferring nuclear weapons from Turkey to Romania amid tensions in relations between Washington and Ankara, the Balkan Insight reports.
“The MAE firmly rejects this information,” the ministry said in a press release, without elaborating.”
But we were told by a few Freepers, that there were zero nukes left at that base in Turkey.
Minimum Interval Takeoff
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Three United States Air Force Boeing B-52G Stratofortresses depart during a minimum interval takeoff exercise at Barksdale Air Force Base in 1986
A Minimum Interval Takeoff is a technique of the United States Air Force for scrambling all available bomber and tanker aircraft at twelve and fifteen second intervals, respectively.[1] Before takeoff, the aircraft perform an elephant walk to the runway.
It is designed to maximize the number of aircraft launched in the least amount of time possible before the base faced a nuclear strike, which would obliterate all remaining aircraft
“We should NEVER have nuclear weapons in ANY muslim country.”
“We are no longer a Christian nation” sayeth the leftists’ god in the white mosque.
“Obviously misdirection of some kind.”
Except for whatever fawning content in ABCCBSCNNMSNBCFox/AP “news” articles dictated by the ValJar Administration, when has the Fraud in the white mosque ever done ANYTHING in the best interests of this country???
Looks like Romanians have just become our best buds.
Nuclear Dracula jokes? Hey FRiend you gotta know there’s a lot at STAKE here to be making jokes. Some one could go BATty and set one off especially with the bad BLOOD between the Turks and the US.
;)
A lot of BITE to what you just said, and recall Vlad was a great host, telling his Turkish guests to STICK around & enjoy the view from up there.
Dracula is most famous for his V-8 ad: “It LOOKS like tomato juice, but it sure doesn’t TASTE like tomato juice!”
;^)
LOL. Good history with some puns. You musta had a V-8.
:)
We should put nukes in EVERY muslim country
Yep, it was strict in the 70"s as well. The USAF C-141's moved them under the direction of NATO. Ah,,, "The No Lone Zones" I remember them well.
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