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re: #8 goddamnedfrank
A little thread on realities of EXCLUSIVE: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert
This sounds more like “we’re renovating some barracks facilities & rewriting some SOPs” than it does “OP CROME DOME II : Electric Boogaloo.”
— Luke O’Brien (@luke_j_obrien) October 23, 2017
Luke is right. The infrastructure to even do alert has greatly deteriorated since GHWB.
When I exercised alert it was in FEMA trailers.— Rich Ganske (@richganske) October 23, 2017
And I’m not just talking about the crew force, but more importntly the maintainers and esp the security forces given heightened sec posture.
— Rich Ganske (@richganske) October 23, 2017
Stepping back a bit…putting bombers on alert is a huge step in bargaining. It is both a costly and easily unambiguous/visible signal/threat.
— Rich Ganske (@richganske) October 23, 2017
Therefore, it is important to note, in @MarcusReports’ article, CSAF is speaking generally—but any alert would be applied specifically.
— Rich Ganske (@richganske) October 23, 2017
On a side note.
I used to work out of the old alert building down at the ‘christmas tree” on Little Rock Air Force Base.
