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Air Force: We’re not kidding. “Storming Area 51” would be a really bad idea
Hot Air.com ^ | July 14, 2019 | JAZZ SHAW

Posted on 07/14/2019 5:24:42 PM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 07/14/2019 5:24:42 PM PDT by Kaslin
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Sounds like a good opportunity to test preparedness for a Zombie Attack.


2 posted on 07/14/2019 5:27:25 PM PDT by Paladin2
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3 posted on 07/14/2019 5:29:11 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Kaslin

Gunships and carpet bombing. It is the only real answer. Really, think about it for a moment.


4 posted on 07/14/2019 5:30:11 PM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: Kaslin

The government is consistent.

On the border we take aliens in, and our troops do nothing. We protect and defend aliens.

In Area 51, where aliens are purportedly stored, along with other black projects, the government will defend the perimeter, coincidentally again protecting the aliens! /S

(Yeah, different type of aliens, I know)


5 posted on 07/14/2019 5:30:23 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Have you ever been Microwaved ? LOL


6 posted on 07/14/2019 5:33:16 PM PDT by butlerweave
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The only way to be sure is to nuke it from orbit.

Where’s that .gif when I need it.


7 posted on 07/14/2019 5:34:12 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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From the stuff I’ve read and heard, if there ever was alien tech (or even aliens themselves) at Groom Lake, they are both decades gone.


8 posted on 07/14/2019 5:34:44 PM PDT by djf (When entertainment becomes violent, then violence becomes entertainment.)
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9 posted on 07/14/2019 5:35:07 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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I agree. It is a very bad idea.

They would not find anything interesting, just do a lot of damage and a lot of people would get injured.

The organizers should come to their senses and cancel it.


10 posted on 07/14/2019 5:37:10 PM PDT by Innovative
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All currently serving and former Freepers who are/were in the military know there are numerous bases and defense installations were it expressly posted that any trespassing will be met with immediate deadly force and without warning. These people must be stupid, suicidal or both.


11 posted on 07/14/2019 5:37:28 PM PDT by jmacusa ("If wisdom is not the Lord, what is wisdom?''.)
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Why should the people headed to area 51 be worried? The government/military isn’t doing anything about foreigners storming our Southern border.


12 posted on 07/14/2019 5:38:02 PM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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If only the national government took our borders as seriously as they do a military reservation.

That’s really what needs to happen. Trillions yearly for “National Defense”, but it doesn’t appear there’s much defending going on.

They’ll feel up Gramma at the airport though. How can anyone take these people seriously?


13 posted on 07/14/2019 5:38:35 PM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: butlerweave

Have you ever been Microwaved ? LOL

*************

You can defeat microwave weapons by keeping an unpopped bag of microwave popcorn in one pocket and a large roll of heavy duty tinfoil in another.

Once the popcorn starts popping, thereby notifying you that you’re being targeted by microwave energy, stop, drop and roll yourself up in that tinfoil.

The tinfoil will reflect all that microwave energy back to the emitter catching it on fire just like when you put metal things in your microwave at home!

It’s worked every time I’ve tried it...

Or I think it will, since I’ve never tried it.


14 posted on 07/14/2019 5:39:56 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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If you come across an area that has a big fence and a sign that tells you to stay out or you will be shot, I suggest that you stay out. The big red letters saying “use of deadly force authorized” means exactly what it says.


15 posted on 07/14/2019 5:43:00 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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Do you really think they wouldn’t give the order to just start ripping the crowd up with weapons? That’s an awfully big assumption to literally bet your life on.

I have no-doubt they would. They might try less lethal force, but the Air Force is (and all services are from what I can tell) serious about "protection level 1" assets. Typically use of deadly force is not only authorized, it is expected. I have personally asked security forces personnel about this and they have no qualms about spilling blood in the line of duty. None. If they did, they wouldn't be there.

I agree, a few people show up and do something stupid, they'll get arrested. Oh, and arrested on federal land, where there might be some question about "national security" means you don't get a phone call, you don't get a lawyer. You are held indefinitely at the discretion of the base commander. Now yes, he/she will eventually have to answer to higher command re: holding prisoners, but... As someone else pointed out, you could be there for days, even a few weeks while they pry into every facet of your background, friends, family, etc. to see just why you were after top secret information. Oh, you weren't? Well that's not what it looked like from their side of the fence...

If a few hundred push through into the base, I would expect a line of vehicles to greet them. Next step might be for them to pull back (they can afford to trade some space here), and have a chopper make a pass and unload a mini gun, chewing up a line a few yards in front of them. Me, a rope of 30 cal would certainly dissuade me but then, I'm not a loony lib...

If they approach buildings or base personnel and are not responding to commands, I expect limited deadly force to be applied to the leading echelon. I doubt the fools that show up have a death wish, and I know the Air Force doesn't want the PR black eye. But they will not shrink from their duty to protect the US. That means protecting whatever expert personnel and technology may be present. They will not let it be compromised.

16 posted on 07/14/2019 5:43:25 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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but don’t want to wind up as a grease stain in the middle of the desert

The Desert don't stain. Amazing how a couple of days of intense UV just cleans everything up and dries it out out. Anything big gets cleaned up by the vultures and coyotes.

17 posted on 07/14/2019 5:43:35 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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No US president will authorize the use of lethal force on border crosses who are unarmed. No honorable military commander would give the order.

The president should send another 25,000 troops to the border till the wall is completed. Use less-than-lethal force to stop them from setting foot in the US. If the Mexicans don’t do it, tell them we may have soldier setting foot inside Mexico temporarily to prevent unauthorized entry into our country.

I was one of 25 correctional officers who stopped 220 inmates from rushing a fence by using triple-chasers, gas, and stun guns. And i can cite examples with fewer people. Many prisons have experience doing the same thing. Correctional agencies are experienced doing this all the time.


18 posted on 07/14/2019 5:44:38 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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I've set foot on an Air Force Base once in my life...a few years ago the Blue Angels did a show at one about an hour from me.

Before the show started we got to wander around a bit and there was writing on the tarmac all over the place.

The one thing I recall clearly were the several things I saw "Out Of Bounds:Lethal Force Authorized".

I didn't go beyond those lines.

19 posted on 07/14/2019 5:45:21 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Comey,Brennan and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: jmacusa

Any one who grew up in the military knows they are serious. I am an Air Force brat. I still have trouble stepping over a red line on pavement and I am 69.


20 posted on 07/14/2019 5:45:40 PM PDT by Himyar (Comes A Stillness)
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