"The White House response to the incident has been jaw dropping. When pressed on the critical security lapse, an unnamed official told Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic (emphasis mine): "to make too much out of this would be to sensationalize it. It's not that big of a deal. Everything worked as planned.""
Any ideas how this could have happened?
To: bronxville
Chinese hacking into the system?
To: bronxville
I’m sure there were lots of theories posted in all the threads here when it happened back in October.
;)
3 posted on
11/14/2010 4:29:14 PM PST by
SengirV
To: bronxville
When things like this happen, having a white house occupant who wants to destroy the United States sure doesn’t help matters.
5 posted on
11/14/2010 4:32:32 PM PST by
reasonisfaith
(Rules will never work for radicals (liberals) because they seek chaos. And don't even know it.)
To: bronxville
considering those that wrote the controlling software were from that area of the world, it’s not exactly hacking
more like... logging in
someone should really revoke all clearances to foreign nationals issued pre 9-11. once revoked, all systems should be reviewed (good luck spotting back doors... if they were any good, it’d be a massive headache to try and find)
and yes, some of the people writing the software that controls the missile silos are from asia. sound stupid? of course it is... what’s your point?
6 posted on
11/14/2010 4:34:11 PM PST by
sten
To: bronxville
everything that fail under this admin just get covered up as its nothing. If GOP was in power, it be covered as a major scandal, national emergency
7 posted on
11/14/2010 4:34:16 PM PST by
4rcane
To: bronxville
I think there are just too many coincidences piling up.
My uneasiness grows and grows.
BTW, I have the Dallas/Giants game on in the background. The stadium (Giants home) had a severe power outage, left it totally black and the game had to be suspended for 12 min. First the report said a generator outside the stadium blew, there was smoke in the air. Now the report is they have no idea.
What really struck me is that the sideline reporter said that when the lights went out, all the players hit the ground. Now why would they do that??? It it were me, I would just stand in the same spot until the lights came on or I knew what was going on.
And a generator for a football stadium???? I can’t believe they rely on a generator for lighting, but what do I know.
To: bronxville
America, devolving into breathtaking incompetence.
At least we know someone out there has missles that work.
Who is running this stuff? Barney Fife?
10 posted on
11/14/2010 4:37:48 PM PST by
dforest
To: bronxville
Just another incidence that shows how far we have declined. That would have never have happened 20-30 years ago...
12 posted on
11/14/2010 4:41:00 PM PST by
Deagle
To: bronxville
Two immediate thoughts:
1) Hasn't the Air Force ever heard of Emergency Diesel Generators?
2) If this really happened why does anyone without a Top Secret clearance know about it?
13 posted on
11/14/2010 4:42:06 PM PST by
SC Swamp Fox
(Aim small, miss small.)
To: bronxville
Kind of like Big Sis saying
the system worked
when the crotch bomber’s bomb didn’t bring the plane down thanks to the passengers.
14 posted on
11/14/2010 4:54:07 PM PST by
Carley
(WE SAW NOVEMBER FROM OUR HOUSE)
To: bronxville; Quix
Last month the testimony of career officers of UFOs interfering with ICBM missles.
The sighted missile launches in Phoenix and coastal California. The disabling of a cruise ship off of Mexico and today a fatal explosion at resort in the Mexican Riviera .
Not seemingly connected but makes me go Hmmm.
15 posted on
11/14/2010 4:58:55 PM PST by
AU72
To: SunkenCiv; CJ Wolf; houeto; Quix; null and void; B4Ranch; Whenifhow; Silentgypsy; Lurker; ...
Just humor me and consider the possibility this might be "Space Weirdness". Also, Tipping Point component #4,847
(thanks Whenifhow!).
"Space Energy/Solar Weirdness" ping.
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Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
19 posted on
11/14/2010 5:46:46 PM PST by
The Comedian
(I enjoy progressives, especially in a light cream sauce.)
To: bronxville; Rushmore Rocks; Velveeta; nw_arizona_granny
Bump and Ping
This also happened a few months ago.
To: bronxville
The Atlantic (and now Wired) is reporting that an entire squadron of nuclear missiles unexpectedly dropped into a "launch facility down" status on Saturday morning, taking a sizable portion of America's nuclear deterrent offline: And, of course, they got it completely wrong. This tells me there is no need to read further.
To: All; Quix; Whenifhow; houeto; null and void
Well, I've been waiting for one event to christen this new ping list. This is it.
"Nuclear Terror" ping.![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fiJQ0Fe7uWk/TNnpeSysfgI/AAAAAAAAB5s/2k7JCSXMVkU/s320/Nuclear+Explosion.jpg)
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Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
26 posted on
11/14/2010 6:09:55 PM PST by
The Comedian
(I enjoy progressives, especially in a light cream sauce.)
To: bronxville
Probably a IBEW union related issue.
To: bronxville
To: bronxville
nor was there any way of monitoring if the missiles sprung a leak Showing just how little the authors know about missiles. They're solid fueled. No leaks.
Weekly Standard is attempting to sensationalize.
37 posted on
11/14/2010 6:55:47 PM PST by
r9etb
To: bronxville
It's not that big of a deal. Everything worked as planned." Ummm... Exactly whose plan?
41 posted on
11/14/2010 8:02:13 PM PST by
sjmjax
To: bronxville; GQuagmire; wintertime; Fred Nerks; null and void; stockpirate; george76; PhilDragoo; ...
![Image and video hosting by TinyPic](http://i37.tinypic.com/xqf1br.jpg)
50 Nuclear Missiles Drop Offline
. . . . Hackers, incompetence, or mechanical failure?
42 posted on
11/14/2010 8:10:18 PM PST by
LucyT
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