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The Pentagon Is Reportedly Scouting The West Coast For Sites For Missile-Defense Systems
Business Insider ^
| 12-3-2017
| Reuters
Posted on 12/03/2017 5:37:46 PM PST by blam
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To: Redleg Duke
Eminent Domain on the choo choo area.
Heh heh!
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posted on
12/03/2017 6:51:26 PM PST
by
Califreak
(Take Me Back To Constantinople)
To: beethovenfan
The Castro residents might mistake it (THAAD missile site) for a dildo.
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posted on
12/03/2017 6:53:54 PM PST
by
reg45
(Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
To: Cobra64
“We had a Nike base in Marin County, CA (San Francisco suburb) in 1954.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike_Missile_Site_SF-88"
It’s funny you should mention Nike sites, because I worked for a company in San Ramon in the late 1960’s by the name of MBAssociates. Our buildings were built over the abandoned Nike Missile silos up in Bollinger Canyon.
To: blam
There are old Minuteman III silos buried under most of Northern California. I’m sure they could reclaim those in Placer and Yuba.
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:00:50 PM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
There were lots of schools built in the 60’s with purposed fallout shelters. I’m my elementry, the entry was under the PE teacher’s desk, which was in a closet.
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:01:25 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure)
To: Califreak
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:08:00 PM PST
by
gogeo
(Leftists are a parasite that destroys the host.)
To: vette6387
They were once with the Nike bases (Nike Zeus).
Seems like existing bases like the naval stations in San Diego, the Marines at Camp Pendleton, the USAF at Vandenberg AFB etc up the coast to Seattle are already likely sites since THAAD is a portable system.
Its rocket science that isn't rocket science.
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:08:44 PM PST
by
pfflier
To: gogeo; Califreak
Get Heddy on the job! "Mongo only pawn in Game of Life."
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:09:32 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Salvation
Pendleton is near Oceanside CA. We lived in CA in the 80’s in Escondido and drove past it many times.
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:10:38 PM PST
by
mojo114
(Pray for our military)
To: GreyFriar
I think you mean the Presidio of San Francisco. The Presidio of Monterey is still an active installation.
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:10:44 PM PST
by
pfflier
To: lefty-lie-spy
There were never Minuteman III sites in "most of northern kalifornia". The only Minuteman capable sites are the test sites at Vandenberg AFB at Lompoc.
You are thinking of the old Titan I sites.
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:16:10 PM PST
by
pfflier
To: GreyFriar
However, it is important to understand that THAAD is an anti-theater ballistic missile system not designed to counter intercontinental ballistic missiles. It is aimed at missiles under a range of 5,500 km and beyond 150 km. It boasts an area protection of 200 km and is capable of multiple launches.
If so the building of a THAAD system in California may be to protect the US against submarines or container ships missile attacks.
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:22:55 PM PST
by
2001convSVT
(Going Galt as fast as I can.)
To: pfflier
>>You are thinking of the old Titan I sites.
Probably. I just recalled reading about missile silos in Placer and Yuba long, long ago. I’m being a bit hyperbolic here anyway.
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:24:24 PM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: dfwgator
Shoot...I thought I’d get a “THAT’S HEDLEY!!!”
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:24:53 PM PST
by
gogeo
(Leftists are a parasite that destroys the host.)
To: gogeo
Shoot...I thought Id get a THATS HEDLEY!!! "Too Jewish".
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:25:48 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: lefty-lie-spy
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:29:05 PM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: pfflier
Sounds like Hispanic ursurpation...
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:31:59 PM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
To: Paladin2
My favorite feature was the nuclear warhead. No hit-to-kill required. Just get in the general area and vaporize the incoming warhead with a nuke, along with decoys and anything else in the RV.
To: GreyFriar; All
I think you mean Presidio of San Fransisco..
There are plenty of old defense sites on the west coast that could be used for missile defense sites, like Fort Cronkhite, etc. Or put them on the old NIKE sites.
Sometimes, they are one and the same.
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:39:00 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: vette6387
"Our buildings were built over the abandoned Nike Missile silos up in Bollinger Canyon."
NIKE was not launched from a silo.
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posted on
12/03/2017 7:48:37 PM PST
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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