Happy Monday morning Here’s your wake up call. Trump takes giant step closer to nuclear war.
Reported by Defense One.
The U.S.Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert, a status not seen since the Cold War ended in 1991.
That means the long-dormant concrete pads at the ends of this base’s 11,000-foot runway — dubbed the “Christmas tree” for their angular markings — could once again find several B-52s parked on them, laden with nuclear weapons and set to take off at a moment’s notice.
“This is yet one more step in ensuring that we’re prepared,” said General David Goldstein. Goldfein and other senior defense officials stressed that the alert order had not been given, but that preparations were under way in anticipation that it might come.
Daley News
But preparations reportedly include renovating rooms at Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana where the B-52 teams can sleep near paintings that include one with a picture of the bomber and the phrase "Peace The Old Fashioned Way."
There is no doubt that these will be nuclear loaded planes. We are not talking about B-52s sitting around with iron bombs.
Fox News
Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, home of the 2d Bomb Wing and Air Force Global Strike Command, which manages the service’s nuclear services,
So now we know what some of the 1000 pilots the AF recalls unders Trump’s emergency order will be doing. Our former B-52 pilot Major Kong may be hauling a different brand of cargo. I’m going to re-state that they are making preparations which is a step further than plans but the order has not yet been given. However given who will give the order this is not good. Not good at all.