By the way - any photos of signs you see on the internet with the text "Area 51" are commercial products or artistic renderings. The facility at Groom Lake does not refer to itself as such.
It’s a good idea. If we can’t stop the storming of our border we can’t stop the storming of 51. It’s that simple.
This whole thing is intended as a joke, but if anyone does show up, no lethal force is going to be used. Lots of ways to control crowds that don’t involve gunning people down, especially with advanced notice.
In addition to being a general deterrent to keep fools away, the “deadly force” part of the signage is really for those situations where some nut is going in at top speed in his car or something similar where it might be an attempted terrorist attack and a quick decision has to be made. Groom Lake has a long history of people walking a few too feet too close and people just get shooed away or at worst arrested by the local sheriff.
It is simple. ROEs only need to recognize this as an attack with declared hostiles and boom, that is it.
Here’s one way Trump can protect the border - move area 51 there.
If these characters start congregating in the general area of the approach to the base, they'll likely be intercepted by LLE or FBI types. If any of them are foolish enough enough to penetrate the installation and it's critical resources, Security Forces have no hesitation or regrets of using lethal force.
By the way - any photos of signs you see on the internet with the text "Area 51" are commercial products or artistic renderings. The facility at Groom Lake does not refer to itself as such.
Looks like an opportunity for our military forces to take out some trash.
I was unaware until reading this thread there are so many people unfamiliar with the military and secure areas.
Area 51 is a place where they shoot trespassers. One was shot this year.
I suspect that if the Air Force gets rid of the freaks, there won’t be many flat-earth-ers heard from soon. Might not be many anti-defense weirdos in general.
In 1967, at the height of the Vietnam War, I got a summer job during college as a draftsman with the US Army Corps of Engineers--Military Design Section, in downtown Los Angeles. One day an engineer drove me out to Edwards Air Force Base, where it was 110°.
When we drove up to the first gate, we were stunned to find it wide open and unmanned--as was the second. We knew the location of the hangar we were to modify, so we drove straight to it. Inside we found a very experimental-looking fighter and a sergeant, seated at a desk and fast asleep.
“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.
Our Air Force and other military officers take the same oath as most elected officials. They will protect against “all enemies, foreign and domestic.” Don’t become one of those domestic enemies. You won’t like how it ends”
That’s a lot of big talk. They are doing nothing about the Mexican invasion. So they are gonna use Warthogs on us? BS.
I decided to drive there one day from Reno. Gave up after what seemed like forever. Didn’t look that far on the map.
Strange how absent that steely determination is when it comes to, say, defending the southern border.
Same for larger numbers. Guards are not interested in talking or handcuffing you.
Area 51 would be a great place to house crimillegals.
Maybe a serious deadly purge of infiltrators will send a message to those who think the Rio Grande is just a resort river to the north side.
Most of these morons would die of dehydration before they even got close.
