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US nuclear bomb may have been damaged in accident at Dutch base, report says
The Guardian ^
| April 3, 2023
| Julian Borger
Posted on 04/03/2023 10:50:02 AM PDT by McGruff
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posted on
04/03/2023 10:50:02 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: everyone
Wish I could post the whole article. Worth reading.
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posted on
04/03/2023 10:51:32 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
To: McGruff
Don’t look like the warhead part. No biggie. Just don’t drop her again PLEEZE!!!
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posted on
04/03/2023 10:53:42 AM PDT
by
griffin
(When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
To: McGruff
We used to load some variant of that (maybe the B60) on our carrier based attack aircraft back in the Seventies, and I was always struck by how...er...”Buck Rogers-ish” they looked with the polished aluminium skin and those futuristic fins!
It was almost funny to think that bomb that looked like the shape was created by an imaginative 5th grader, could kill millions of people.
Almost...
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posted on
04/03/2023 10:56:15 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." J)
To: McGruff
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posted on
04/03/2023 10:56:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: McGruff
You better be careful or you’ll get demoted to Private Third Class
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posted on
04/03/2023 10:56:24 AM PDT
by
struggle
To: McGruff
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posted on
04/03/2023 10:57:48 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Yes he did he said how come i wasnt invited )
To: McGruff
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posted on
04/03/2023 10:59:34 AM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: McGruff
I feel the pain.
My lawnmower was damaged last week in my garage when I pulled my snowblower in.
So I can understand what these guys are going through .
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posted on
04/03/2023 11:01:06 AM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
To: McGruff
There is pink sticky tape covering an apparent hole. Ah, good to go then.
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posted on
04/03/2023 11:02:27 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
To: Sirius Lee
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posted on
04/03/2023 11:07:43 AM PDT
by
Ed Condon
(subliminal messages here in invisible ink)
To: McGruff
Not to worry. XiJinBiden will ensure it is fixed and given to his dancing poppet, Volodymyr. Add in a few F-15s and F-16s, just for fun!
To: McGruff
Looking at the picture, the EOD shoulder patches appear to be photo shopped. The lettering is too black and intense for an embroidered patch.
The DoD even authorizing release of a picture of a "special weapon", particularly a damaged one, would be highly irregular unless it was a dummy or training device simulating the shape.
That opinion is also buried in the article, far beyond the reach of headline readers.
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posted on
04/03/2023 11:12:57 AM PDT
by
pfflier
To: McGruff
“There is pink sticky tape covering an apparent hole.”
Oh, well that should fix it. Pink duct tape.
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posted on
04/03/2023 11:15:23 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: McGruff
From the article:
Any damage to a nuclear weapon is known as a “bent spear” incident, and generally kept secret.
Did not know this.
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posted on
04/03/2023 11:17:47 AM PDT
by
CodeJockey
("The duty of a true Patriot is to protect his country from its government.” –Thomas Paine)
To: McGruff
"Arms control advocates have long argued the B61 was militarily obsolete..."
s/b
'Arms control advocates have long been obsolete ...'
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posted on
04/03/2023 11:18:23 AM PDT
by
G Larry
( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
To: Squantos
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posted on
04/03/2023 11:22:18 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: McGruff
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posted on
04/03/2023 11:25:01 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Precedent now set. Biden and Obama are fair game now.)
To: markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; JDoutrider; ...
To: pfflier
In the old days. A dummy weapon or training shape was to be handled exactly like the real thing. Damage a training shape required a “Bent Spear” report as if it had been a real special weapon.
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