Posted on 07/21/2021 7:05:34 PM PDT by elpadre
It controls the greatest nuclear weapons arsenal, in the world — a total of 6,185 nuclear warheads.
From this hand-carried black leather satchel, comes armageddon … the end of everything, as you and I know it.
According to a report by Oriana Pawlyk at Military.com, during the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, then-Vice President Mike Pence and his Secret Service team were seen on security camera footage fleeing down a flight of stairs as rioters broke into the building.
Also seen, was a military officer holding the backup “Nuclear Football” (the President also has one) accompanied the vice president.
Frighteningly, top officials from US Strategic Command, which oversees the nation’s nuclear weapon stockpile, said they were totally unaware of just how close rioters got to Pence and his security detail.
According to Stacey Plaskett, delegate to the House of Representatives from the US Virgin Islands, the rioters came within 100 feet from where Pence was sheltering in place.
Only by the grace of God, and, perhaps the utter stupidity of the Trump supporters, the football did not fall into the hands of the Capitol Hill attackers.
Could some lunatic fringe Trump supporter have launched a nuclear attack?
Not likely, say experts, because such a person would not have the launch codes.
However, as part of the fallout (pardon the pun) from this tragic day, the Pentagon’s Inspector General is evaluating whether the Defense Department has done adequate planning in the event the emergency satchel known as the Nuclear Football goes missing.
In a letter dated July 19, the IG’s office said it has begun reviewing the existing plans to alert top officials and take action in the event the briefcase is lost, stolen or somehow compromised, the report said. (continues at link)
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Were never going to launch those weapons anyway.
Total BS and misinformation about what was actually going on
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President Clinton” lost” the launch codes needed to activate the football and then hid the fact from everyone for several months until he was forced to come clean.
ff
During the Klinton years it got lost. We survived.
Pelosi and Obama likely have the active footballs and biscuts.
Pretty sure VP Biden was routinely separated from the football because he didn’t want its presence messing up his “lunch-bucket Joe” image when he was riding on Amtrak. I think the SS had it in a chase car.
“… the Nuclear Football goes missing.”
Either(1) SloJo thought it was the TV remote and threw it away because he couldn’t change the channel from Matlock to Hazel, or (2) Hunter has it.
Bidet* would have no idea what to do.
And, would have to consult Øbowel for some sort of instructions once they did find it.
Jack Bauer already recovered it.
where was it all the times he flew to Epstein’s Lolita Island??
The only rioters were Antifa plants and undercover FBI agents….
Pentagon puzzle: What if the nuclear ‘football’ goes missing?
“ I hope they keep it out of Biden’s reach. He may think it’s a desk phone and start punching in numbers on the keypad.”
Nah.
Biden’s on a rotary dial.
The doomsday clock ticked a few times the night of the election but no one has noticed until now.
Using sensational language are we? Ok, I've got your number...
Could some lunatic fringe Trump supporter have launched a nuclear attack?
Not likely, say experts, because such a person would not have the launch codes.
As in, you're more likely to win the Powerball than be able to guess the launch codes and proper sequence. Stupidly sensational. You could voluntarily give "the football" to random people on the street and there would be no more danger than giving it to a chimp.
Obviously the author is struggling for attention.
probably
I doubt that Joe Biden's political handlers ever let him have the "football" or the code cards needed to use it.
They are evil and crazed sociopaths. They are not stupid. They know what kind of senile figurehead they placed in the office of the President and they are not about to let him have any real control over anything.
The scary part will come when Joe Biden must be replaced, and the factional infighting gets really nasty. Somebody we have never heard of will have the football. Somebody else will have the code cards. Somebody else will see an advantage in collecting the set.
I hope the duty officers carry sidearms.
This is the stupidest thing I've read in quite a while. Unarmed Trump supporters visiting the Capitol were not a threat at all, especially not to our Nuclear Defense.
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