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Turkey Suspends All US Operations Against ISIS At Incirlik Airbase, Which Vaults B61 Nuclear Bombs
Zero Hege ^ | 16 July, 2016 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 07/16/2016 9:21:48 AM PDT by amorphous

Following the failed Turkish coup, U.S. military operations out of Turkey’s giant Incirlik Air Base - critical in the ongoing campaign against ISIS - came to a halt Saturday afternoon as the Turkish military closed the airspace around the base and suspended all US-led operations, mostly targeting the Islamic State.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: erdogan; incirlik; isis; turkey; turkeycoup; usaf
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To: Electric Graffiti

I hope someone knows the answers.
I think this could be the worst day since 9-11 and Obama is certainly golfing....


141 posted on 07/16/2016 2:16:32 PM PDT by MarMema (dog lives matter)
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To: Enchante

And Obama refused to bomb ISIS’s oil convoys because the CO2 would contribute to global warming.


142 posted on 07/16/2016 2:18:56 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: amorphous

Are there still nukes at Incirlik? If so, it may be a good idea to send the 509th in there to secure them.

Just saying...

5.56mm


143 posted on 07/16/2016 2:22:48 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Electric Graffiti

Incirlik under attack ! Someone posted a new thread.


144 posted on 07/16/2016 2:25:47 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

I’m sure they have been disabled and if need be a 3 digit code will permanently disable them


145 posted on 07/16/2016 2:26:42 PM PDT by Despot of the Delta (It's time for Trump to become Vlad the Impaler. I want Progressive/Globalist/Establishment heads)
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To: MarMema

Someone’s tweet.

#Obama just earned the “Jimmy Carter 1979 Iran situation” badge! #TurkeyCoup = Iranian revolution!


146 posted on 07/16/2016 2:26:57 PM PDT by McGruff (How about investigating the donations to the Clinton Foundation)
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To: cynwoody

yes, we should have bombed the crap out of every ISIS vehicle from the beginning, especially all those oil tankers. As usual, we have a POTUS who makes our military fight with both hands tied.


147 posted on 07/16/2016 2:28:11 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: steve86
Since that information is top secret not likely you will find authoritative information here.

unless somebody here knows somebody on Hildebeast's email chain.

148 posted on 07/16/2016 2:28:29 PM PDT by bankwalker (Does a fish know that it's wet?)
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To: Despot of the Delta

B61 administrative procedures performed by ground-based personnel are executed via an access panel located on the side of the bomb, which opens to reveal 9 dials, 2 sockets and a T-handle which manually triggers the “command disable” function. One of the sockets is a MC4142 “strike enable” plug which must be inserted in order to complete critical circuits in the safety/arming and firing mechanisms. The other socket is the PAL connector located in the top right hand corner of the arming panel, which has 23 pins marked with alphabetic letter codes.

The B61 also features a “command disable” mechanism, which functions as follows: after entering the correct 3-digit numeric code it is then possible to turn a dial to “DI” and pull back a T-shaped handle which comes away in the user’s hand. This action releases a spring-loaded firing pin which fires the percussion cap on an MC4246A thermal battery, powering it up. Electrical power from the thermal battery is sufficient to “fry” the internal circuitry of the bomb, destroying critical mechanisms without causing detonation. This makes the bomb incapable of being used. Any B61 which has had the command disable facility used must be returned to Pantex for repair


149 posted on 07/16/2016 2:28:48 PM PDT by Despot of the Delta (It's time for Trump to become Vlad the Impaler. I want Progressive/Globalist/Establishment heads)
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To: MarMema
The base houses 90 nuclear weapons.

how reliable are your sources?

150 posted on 07/16/2016 2:30:57 PM PDT by bankwalker (Does a fish know that it's wet?)
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To: Lurker; BykrBayb

Cue John Kerry to stand down.


151 posted on 07/16/2016 2:53:41 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Send Barry from the white house to the big house (never happen but I can dream.))
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To: HKMk23

Nice to read a balanced post. The frenzy and pretzel twisting of Scripture to fit headlines doesn’t work.


152 posted on 07/16/2016 3:03:39 PM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: floriduh voter

Permanently.


153 posted on 07/16/2016 3:06:12 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ)
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To: Despot of the Delta

Can the fissionable material in an inert weapon be extracted for use elsewhere? THAT is what I would worry about with an islamuck country.


154 posted on 07/16/2016 3:10:25 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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To: Sacajaweau
And why the hell are they in NATO?

AMEN!

155 posted on 07/16/2016 3:11:47 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: NowApproachingMidnight

I doubt they could pull together even a fake coup that quickly after Nice.

This has been in the works for a while.


156 posted on 07/16/2016 3:15:40 PM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

What other NATO country is 99.8% muzzie...


157 posted on 07/16/2016 3:17:46 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau
What other NATO country is 99.8% muzzie...

Aside from Cologne, London, quelques arrondissiments in Paris, and most of official DC, you mean?

158 posted on 07/16/2016 3:49:24 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: dfwgator

Agreed, supported and funded by the Barak Hussein Obama Regime. Duck and cover, Kids.


159 posted on 07/16/2016 4:24:22 PM PDT by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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To: Electric Graffiti; Grampa Dave

Yes short term....... emergency destruct measures render them a paperweight , useless ....... shy off a reverse engineering coup but the nukes are safe if troops do their jobs.


160 posted on 07/16/2016 5:15:43 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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