Posted on 07/01/2006 11:02:34 PM PDT by tlb
An Air Force installation in Colorado Springs and one near Denver are operating with heightened security.
The Cheyenne Mountain Air Station, which houses NORAD, is now at "Bravo-Plus".
There are five levels of alert: normal, Alpha (low), Bravo (medium), Charlie (high) and Delta (critical). “Bravo-Plus” is slightly higher than a medium threat level.
Space Command would not comment on the reason for the security increase.
The order also affects Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and Patrick air force base in Florida.
Vandenburg, Patrick, and NORAD are all sapce command sites... with a shuttle launch impending, I would guess they don't want some terrorist, homegrown or otherwise, pulling a stupid trick and putting a critical satellite uplink out of action at a bad time...
;) Good. I'm still feeling that Dagwood I had for supper.
Mumbling out loud...I wonder why this is public information?
The things you find in open source newspapers...
Here is another interesting one:
Space unit may move to VAFB
http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2006/06/18/news/news03.txt
"I wonder why this is public information?"
An excellent point -- and the other articles I have been finding as well, makes one wonder.
There is just entirely too much information that is public, that doesn't need to be.
LOL!
Prilosec...;o)
NYT is planning a Special Edition for Sunday?
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N.Korea says to bolster deterrent against US
North Korea accused the United States of preparing for a nuclear war in the Korean peninsula and said it would bolster its own deterrent in response.
It was the first time North Korea referred so specifically to building up its deterrent -- the usual way of referring to its nuclear programme -- since a crisis began over its suspected plans to test-fire a long-range missile.
A statement carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Saturday condemned as provocative a U.S. decision to deploy an updated version of its U-2 spy plane in South Korea.
It quoted a spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland as saying the United States was driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of war.
"This grave situation once again goes to prove that peace has been preserved on the peninsula so far entirely thanks to the (Democratic People's Republic of Korea's) DPRK's strong war deterrent.
"Now that the U.S. is set to ignite a nuclear war for the purpose of disturbing peace and stability on the peninsula by force, the DPRK is compelled to bolster up its deterrent for self-defense," he said.
U.S. officials have said North Korea is preparing to test a long-range ballistic missile that some experts say could reach parts of the United States.
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Among Ahmadinejad's many recent lunatic ramblings:
Iran threatens to retaliate if US auctions assets
July 2 (IranMania) - Iran has threatened to retaliate if the United States moves to auction off invaluable ancient Persian artefacts to compensate victims of a Hamas bombing in Israel, said AFP.
"If America lays claim to Iranian assets to implement some of its courts' rulings, it will face a similar measure from Tehran," Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki told the official IRNA news agency.
The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that a US federal judge had rejected a key defense by the University of Chicago in a lawsuit brought by US survivors of a 1997 bombing in Jerusalem seeking the auctioning off of Iranian treasures in its collection to pay compensation.
Mottaki said parliament had adopted a law in 1999 which would authorize Iranian courts to file suits against foreign governments which take such action against Iranian interests.
"True, a ruling has been issued and has not yet gone into the stage of enforcement, but on the whole, it marks an indecent cultural move taken by the US," he said.
Survivors of the bombing in a Jerusalem shopping district that killed five people were US visitors who filed a federal lawsuit against Iran over its financial support for Hamas, the Islamic militant group that now heads the Palestinian government.
"The University of Chicago is legally obliged to return Persepolis pieces," the head of Iran's National Museum, Mohammad Reza Kargar, was quoted as saying by state television.
He said there has been correspondence between the museum and the University of Chicago to repatriate the artefacts -- an invaluable collection of clay tablets bearing ancient cuneiform script which have been in its care since the 1930s.
The university previously returned some 300 pieces in its collection to Iran in 2004.
"There is just entirely too much information that is public..."
I agree.
Bad truck! Look what IT did!
Then I'd think the NM alternate landing site would also be on alert.
The saving grace is the fact that there's a lot of misinformation out there too. That can help dilute the value (to the bad guys) of what real intel is out.
I usually swig a glass of milk. (burp)
Or if they plan for the status quo, these random increases in security might detect a threat.
BTTT!
Thank you!
Anyone ask the NY Times, what's up, yet?
Pleasure.
OPINION-SPECULATION: Unfortunatley though, there are agents, analysts and spies that look for information in real time -- and not all of these people are on our side.
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