Posted on 10/12/2016 9:12:14 PM PDT by justlittleoleme
The tests in the Nevada desert come as tensions rise with Russia and the Pentagon seeks to replace its aging nuclear arsenal.
A pair of U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers dropped two 700-pound faux nuclear bombs in the middle of the Nevada desert within the past few days. Now the Pentagon wants to tell you about it.
Conducted “earlier this month,” according to an Oct. 6 press release, the test involved two dummy variants of the B61, a nuclear bomb that has been in the U.S. arsenal since the 1960s. One was an “earth penetrator” made to strike underground targets, the other a tactical version of the B61. Neither carried an actual warhead.
“The primary objective of flight testing is to obtain reliability, accuracy, and performance data under operationally representative conditions,” said the statement from the National Nuclear Security Administration, the Energy Department arm that oversees such tests. “Such testing is part of the qualification process of current alterations and life extension programs for weapon systems.”
But why now? Perhaps it has to do with tensions with Russia, which are higher than they have been in decades, and which have sparked fears of a new nuclear arms race. Earlier this week, the Russian government announced it would conduct a massive drill to prepare its citizens for nuclear war.
But it may also have to do with the Pentagon’s quest to replace its decades-old nuclear arsenal with new bombs and delivery vehicles, an endeavor whose price tag tops several hundred billion dollars. The Air Force, for one, has been making its case for new intercontinental ballistic missiles and a nuclear cruise missile.
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Cheer up.
If Barry and Kerry and Hillary get their way, they won’t be fakes for long.
With all the rumors of the sky high stakes of the impending election does anyone doubt what lengths Hillary would go to in order to win the election..?
it looks very much like she’s about to orchestrate something with Russia doesn’t it?
Crowds Are chanting, lock her up, and on national TV Trump, who has a history of delivering on threats, swore hed put her in jail.
I have never seen the Stakes higher for Hillary.
She has killed people for far less serious things.
After the TV show CODE BLACK tonight a PSA ran advising that “Stop Bleeding” kits would soon be in public places. The message was from DHS. Wondering what they’re expecting.
The Clintons have had more than 100 people killed in their quest for power & influence. We can not allow these two criminals to escape justice any more.
Is it to late to add those black and white 'duck and cover' TV ads to tonight's broadcasts?
It does seem, with the crescendo today of Wikileaks and Anonymous and some very hard-hitting revelations that ARE damaging her, that the S is about to hit the fan.
Her stupid little gambit with the dumbass bought women claiming groping, after Anderson Cooper’s little wink-wink debate question for her, isn’t working - too obviously bogus and already debunked.
No, there’s blood coming...real violence...she won’t go down without going there.
Cronies made a fortune off the Cold war and were sorry to see it end. Perhaps a new arms race could provide a new opportunity for crooks if Global Warming doesn’t work out for them.
That is why Trump should watch his back. Some rat operative might try to take him out.
Perhaps that has to do with Islamic terrorism being the new normal.
Alas Babylon!
They are called BDU-38s.
We are going to experience a huge tail wagging a very big dog before the election, I think. Obama is playing with C4 like it is a superball.
Unfortunately looks that way doesn’t it....
So f’in what?
Get out the raspberry jam, because if the US and Russia go nuclear, we’re all toast.
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