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The US Air Force Just Dropped Two Fake Nukes
Defence One ^ | October 6, 2016 | Marcus Weisgerber

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at defenseone.com ...


TOPICS: Russia
KEYWORDS: 201610; 20161006; b61; clinton; earthpenetrator; fearmongering; nukes; russia; tests
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To: justlittleoleme

Damned. They missed Dinghy Harry Reid again. How lucky can this bastard be?


21 posted on 10/12/2016 9:51:36 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: LegendHasIt
If Barry and Kerry and Hillary get their way, they won’t be fakes for long.

I just pray that Obungo hasn't crippled the US military to the point that we can resume "Star Wars" at an accelerated pace, and that that there are a few patriots left in the leadership layers.

We need also a drastic reduction of perverts in the ranks like the traitor trannie fruit whose name is no longer mentioned in the news.

22 posted on 10/12/2016 10:00:53 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: justlittleoleme

Thanks! fake nukes are much more cinematic than I thought.


23 posted on 10/12/2016 10:01:05 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: justlittleoleme
One more....

Russia Says It's Joining China to Counter U.S. Missile Defense - October 11, 2016

24 posted on 10/12/2016 10:01:25 PM PDT by justlittleoleme
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To: justlittleoleme

There’s no doubt in my mind that if barry could nuke the United States, he would. He’ll get Russia or Iran to do it for him.

Got iodine?


25 posted on 10/12/2016 10:03:50 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America. Treat them accordingly.)
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To: gaijin
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.

With fake patriots like you, who needs "domestic enemies?"

Trump said no such thing.

He did say he would see to it that she was prosecuted for the dozens of treasonous crimes she has already committed in the past, and for which executive corruption has failed to prosecute. Due process and all.

Like the enemy, you (wrongly) infer that he would jail her simply as a political enemy.

Huge difference.

26 posted on 10/12/2016 10:07:55 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: justlittleoleme

“fake nukes” are NOT nukes, just tests in the desert.

The military does tests all the time.

They are just trying to alarm people by reporting it this way.

Such idiots are indeed trying to get a war going between Russua and the US, even though there is no rational reason for it.

This may not be as crazy and far fetched as it sounds.


27 posted on 10/12/2016 10:10:18 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: justlittleoleme

Drills and false flags go together like a horse and carriage.


28 posted on 10/12/2016 10:10:18 PM PDT by cgbg
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To: publius911
Like the enemy, you (wrongly) infer that he would jail her simply as a political enemy.

That's what Rats do....


29 posted on 10/12/2016 10:10:52 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Electric Graffiti
There’s no doubt in my mind that if barry could nuke the United States, he would.

He’ll get Russia or Iran to do it for him. Got iodine?


Good f'in grief.

GLOBALISTS don't want nuclear holocaust, that would destroy their customer base!

They NEED the hoi polloi to fund their lifestyle. What is the upstairs without the downstairs?


30 posted on 10/12/2016 10:13:16 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: Scott from the Left Coast
No, there’s blood coming...real violence...she won’t go down without going there.

She's committed herself with the scorched earth approach long before Trump realized it. Her die is cast.

Now, her politcal life depends on it, as well, perhaps, as her physical survival and that of God knows how many thousands of others.

"The end justifies the means," with a touch of insanity, always leads to the same dead end.

31 posted on 10/12/2016 10:15:39 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: dfwgator

Are you calling Trump a rat?


32 posted on 10/12/2016 10:20:04 PM PDT by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: justlittleoleme

Hell, they shoulda dropped fat ass and her hubby outta that bomb bay instead. Woulda done more good.


33 posted on 10/12/2016 10:21:22 PM PDT by W. (The plot of Magnum Force comes to mind...)
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To: 867V309
Barry is not a globalist. He's a true believer. A hater. He hates America and wants to see it destroyed. A legacy only a whitey hating muzzie could believe in.

He'll take AF1 to a non-extradition country and watch the flashes out the window. In case you haven't noticed, he's done everything to destroy the United States over the last 8 years. He does not give a sh!t. He was abused and abandoned by both his parents. He's angry and wants revenge.

34 posted on 10/12/2016 10:23:01 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America. Treat them accordingly.)
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To: Electric Graffiti
Barry is not a globalist.

Let me repeat that, so it sinks in for everyone:

Barry is not a globalist
Barry is not a globalist
Barry is not a globalist
Barry is not a globalist
Barry is not a globalist
Barry is not a globalist
Barry is not a globalist
Barry is not a globalist





OK. I' done.


35 posted on 10/12/2016 10:28:05 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: publius911

No. I was saying that it’s Rats that jail their opponents.


36 posted on 10/12/2016 10:31:32 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Moonman62

Neither has EMP


37 posted on 10/12/2016 10:32:56 PM PDT by satan (The tree of liberty is dying in the drought.)
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To: 867V309

Now write this on the board a hundred times:

Barry Obama hates this country and wants to see it destroyed.


38 posted on 10/12/2016 10:34:58 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Obama voters killed America. Treat them accordingly.)
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To: Electric Graffiti

Now write this on the board a hundred times:

Barry Obama hates this country and wants to see it destroyed.

Wellsir, exactly what do you think GLOBALISM is?


39 posted on 10/12/2016 10:37:23 PM PDT by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: Electric Graffiti

Barry is for the Globalist TPP.

Barry is for the Globalist Carbon tax.

Barry is for the Globalist open borders

Barry is for the Globalist war in Syria.

Barry is for the Globalist U.N.

Barry is for the Globalist H1B

YES Berry is a Globalist.


40 posted on 10/13/2016 12:19:43 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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