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What Was the Vela Incident?
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Posted on 09/22/2022 11:45:17 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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It happened 43 years ago today.
I remember the theories that this was a joint South African and Israeli venture to detonate a nuclear weapon.
To: DallasBiff
I thought the South Africans confirmed that.
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:48:12 AM PDT
by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
To: pierrem15
I thought they denied it.
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:48:58 AM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
To: DallasBiff
I had a Velveeta Incident once....................
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:49:46 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: DallasBiff
Probably will never know.
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:49:50 AM PDT
by
Mmogamer
(I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:50:48 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: SaveFerris
It was horrendous!..........................
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:52:03 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:52:57 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
To: DallasBiff
Fission-fusion detonation.
That’s why Vela Hotel caught it
Small test.
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:53:39 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: DallasBiff
Well, maybe those crazy kids at the Mossad might have the answer?
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:54:23 AM PDT
by
buckalfa
(Kilroy was here, but who was he?)
To: Red Badger
Go double on the Rotel but first add a half cup or cup of Vitamin D whole milk to the melting Velveeta
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:55:28 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: DallasBiff
I tend to agree with those theories South Africa and Israel felt squeezed by the same enemies as in the USSR and Communism aligned with the PLO and the ANC and so on.
It made perfect sense for Israel led by Menachem Begin and John Vorster’s South Africa to have collaborated.
No need to Winston Smith this item from history.
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:56:31 AM PDT
by
Nextrush
(FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
To: DallasBiff
beamed off Antarctica near the Prince Edward Islands. Ummm... like 10,000 miles away?
Or does princy have more than one island in the world...
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:57:12 AM PDT
by
C210N
(Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
To: SaveFerris
If that melted hot Velveeta gets on you, it will take your skin off!.................
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:57:57 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: DallasBiff
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posted on
09/22/2022 11:59:02 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Red Badger
Is that like a String Cheese Incident?
To: C210N
Yes, “Prince Edward Island” (singular) is in Canada, but the “Prince Edwards Islands” (plural) are near Antarctica.
To: DallasBiff
I was active at that time, rumors were that India had done their first nuc test.
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posted on
09/22/2022 12:01:53 PM PDT
by
exnavy
(Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
To: Boogieman
I don’t know, I’ve never eaten String Cheese...............
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posted on
09/22/2022 12:01:53 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: pierrem15; Fai Mao
You are both right.
ID’d (properly) as a nuclear weapon detonation, both nations denied any involvement.
About 20- years later, extensive regime change in South Africa led to the release of some records corroborating what the CIA told Jimmah Cahtah... Nuclear weapons test, South Africa had to be involved and that there was ‘credible’ evidence of Israeli involvement.
There has been no official statement of ‘yeah it was our nuke’ from either country, but the story changed from “NO, WE DID NOT!!!” to “no comment” in the mid-90’s among the sort of “common knowledge” that the two countries violated about 3 treaties each with this BS’ery...
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posted on
09/22/2022 12:03:58 PM PDT
by
L,TOWM
(An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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