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US "Doomsday Plane" That Can Withstand Nuclear Blast Lands In Washington As Trump Mulls Iran Strike
NDTV ^ | June 19, 2025 | Bhavya Sukheja

Posted on 06/19/2025 11:21:54 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man

As US President Donald Trump mulls striking Iran's nuclear facilities, one of America's "doomsday planes" made a flight to Joint Base Andrews in Washington on Tuesday night. According to the New York Post, the E-4B Nightwatch - a plane designed to protect the Secretary of Defence and other national security officials and keep the government operating in the time of nuclear war - was spotted by flight trackers. The aircraft departed from Bossier City, Louisiana, on Tuesday evening and landed in Maryland around 4 hours later, after a long, winding route.

What is a "doomsday plane"? A "doomsday plane" is a highly specialised aircraft operated by the US Air Force and serves as a National Airborne Operations Centre (NAOC). The US has four E-4Bs that serve as an airborne command centre for the President, Secretary of Defence and the Chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ensure continued critical command, control and communication in case of emergencies.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: doomsdayplane; iran; israel; trump
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It came from Barksdale AFB.
1 posted on 06/19/2025 11:21:54 AM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Ominous…….


2 posted on 06/19/2025 11:24:47 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: Macho MAGA Man

For those in Rio Linda, it can’t survive the BLAST of a nuclear blast. Rather, it can survive the EMP and radiation it produces. And regarding radiation, only to a degree.


3 posted on 06/19/2025 11:29:50 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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4 posted on 06/19/2025 11:30:51 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I doubt it could withstand a nuclear blast.

Looks just line any other Boeing 747, which is made of the same materials as other 747s.


5 posted on 06/19/2025 11:31:10 AM PDT by adorno ( )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

It is over the vague threat of an event Iran will cause that ‘won’t be forgotten for hundreds of years.’


6 posted on 06/19/2025 11:31:30 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

“Trump denies report that he has approved US attack plans against Iran” (30 minutes ago)

-The Guardian


7 posted on 06/19/2025 11:32:06 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The road is a dangerous place man, you can die out here...or worse. -Johnny Paycheck, 1980, Reno, NV)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

More fear porn. Gotta keep the shee freaking out.


8 posted on 06/19/2025 11:40:59 AM PDT by chuckb87
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To: cuban leaf
It's not like it's a lead lined fridge...


9 posted on 06/19/2025 11:41:00 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Old news.

Landed nearly 48 hours ago.


10 posted on 06/19/2025 11:41:43 AM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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“I doubt it could withstand a nuclear blast.

Looks just line any other Boeing 747, which is made of the same materials as other 747s.”

Nuclear Blasts put off an EMP. This is hardened against EMPs.


11 posted on 06/19/2025 11:43:33 AM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I view this as sending Iran a clear message we’re about to destroy them.

Trump is going “or else” one last time.


12 posted on 06/19/2025 11:45:07 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: cuban leaf
It can only withstand the EMP level of 60 years ago, which was 50kV/m. 200kV/m has been possible for 10-20 years.

Our entire nuclear deterrent force, except for seven Trident submarines always at sea, can be taken out by 4-5 megaton yield ICBM warheads detonated at about 50-60 miles altitude.

13 posted on 06/19/2025 11:47:16 AM PDT by Thud
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To: Macho MAGA Man

For yeas underground bunkers have been on back order and not just for blasts fear as some of the public are going feral as in how things like the ICE and no king crazies are going.

Many miss their mommy much.


14 posted on 06/19/2025 11:47:36 AM PDT by Vaduz
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Nuclear Blasts put off an EMP. This is hardened against EMPs.

The article mentioned a nuclear blast, and not just EMP. A blast would not be survivable by any plane, no matter how hardened.
15 posted on 06/19/2025 11:52:23 AM PDT by adorno ( )
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To: Magnum44

lol. I like that.


16 posted on 06/19/2025 12:08:51 PM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: Macho MAGA Man

This means nothing. Doomsday plane(s) fly every single day.


17 posted on 06/19/2025 12:11:22 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy ( )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I’ve always wondered why Baton Rogue/Shreveport, LA is so popular for long range bombers. Must be the flat land and relatively quick access to the Gulf of America?


18 posted on 06/19/2025 1:46:21 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: cuban leaf

Yeah when I read that headline my first thought was Bull s...


19 posted on 06/19/2025 2:20:59 PM PDT by Revel
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“I’ve always wondered why Baton Rogue/Shreveport, LA is so popular for long range bombers. Must be the flat land and relatively quick access to the Gulf of America?”

Longest flight time of ICBMs coming over the north pole is as far into the deep American South as you can get. There is a reason SAC bases were in South/Central Texas and LA. You can still see some of the Nike Hercules SAM sites in Austin , San Antonio area’s they were to give the bombers time to get airborne before they got saturated with incoming ICBMs.

The USA expected to have the Gulf of America free of SLBM which can hit in under 6 minutes flight time. Those would be coming from the Atlantic Ocean farther offshore here again longer flight times than East Coast bases Texas and LA are as far South and far enough away from the East Coast to get the bombers airborne and hopefully out of blast range. The Russians took a different approach to this they decided with their SS18 monsters that could carry 30+ warheads to pattern bomb a grid around each base hoping to knock the planes down with EMP or X-ray the crews to death. This would have lead to massive destruction to the area under those patterns bit hey it’s the Russians they do city busting as SOP.


20 posted on 06/20/2025 5:18:08 AM PDT by GenXPolymath
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