Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 11-03-2010, 01:41 PM
 
Location: Michigan
29,391 posts, read 55,469,563 times
Reputation: 22042

Advertisements

US military lost track of 50 intercontinental ballistic missiles recently. The incident became public after a former Air Force officer tweeted about the loss of communication between the missiles and the control center.

Oops! US Air Force loses 50 nukes - RT Top Stories
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 11-03-2010, 01:44 PM
 
Location: In a Galaxy far, far away called Germany
4,300 posts, read 4,396,101 times
Reputation: 2394
Quote:
Originally Posted by John1960 View Post
US military lost track of 50 intercontinental ballistic missiles recently. The incident became public after a former Air Force officer tweeted about the loss of communication between the missiles and the control center.

Oops! US Air Force loses 50 nukes - RT Top Stories
They lost communications (speaking computer talk here) with 50 ICBM's IS NOT the same thing as they lost 50 ICBMs. This is a lot of nothing.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-03-2010, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
17,531 posts, read 24,634,878 times
Reputation: 9980
It won't matter, the Tea baggers will be doing away with the Air Force, it's not in the Constitution
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-03-2010, 01:50 PM
 
3,378 posts, read 3,698,265 times
Reputation: 710
this story seems a little fishy. A "former" officer twitted something? And we know that this happened "recently"? I think the article is very vague.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-03-2010, 02:01 PM
 
69,368 posts, read 63,940,741 times
Reputation: 9383
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulldawg82 View Post
They lost communications (speaking computer talk here) with 50 ICBM's IS NOT the same thing as they lost 50 ICBMs. This is a lot of nothing.
True, but what if they lost communications with them while they were traveling through the air trying to reach their target? Woops, we were trying to bomb Moscow, but we lost communications and it landed on Miami instead.. No big deal!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-03-2010, 02:02 PM
 
69,368 posts, read 63,940,741 times
Reputation: 9383
Quote:
Originally Posted by Boompa View Post
It won't matter, the Tea baggers will be doing away with the Air Force, it's not in the Constitution
last I checked, public defense is in the Constitution. Stop with the bashing tea partiers already.. Jees.. we got it.. you dont like them.. waaa.. waaa.. but when you have to lie, you lose any credibility you have...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-03-2010, 02:03 PM
 
Location: Littleton, CO
20,893 posts, read 16,039,107 times
Reputation: 3954
What a dumb article.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-03-2010, 02:04 PM
 
Location: In a Galaxy far, far away called Germany
4,300 posts, read 4,396,101 times
Reputation: 2394
Quote:
Originally Posted by pghquest View Post
True, but what if they lost communications with them while they were traveling through the air trying to reach their target? Woops, we were trying to bomb Moscow, but we lost communications and it landed on Miami instead.. No big deal!
ICBM's don't travel unless you fire them off. They are in silos. Communications dropping - at worst - meant that you had to manually launch them, if the code was issued. Visual continuity is kept by Security Police that are located at each and every silo (in pairs). This is communicated via walkie-talkie - if need be. Again, no issue here.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-03-2010, 02:08 PM
 
69,368 posts, read 63,940,741 times
Reputation: 9383
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulldawg82 View Post
ICBM's don't travel unless you fire them off. They are in silos. Communications dropping - at worst - meant that you had to manually launch them, if the code was issued. Visual continuity is kept by Security Police that are located at each and every silo (in pairs). This is communicated via walkie-talkie - if need be. Again, no issue here.
They are still tracked as they go through the air..

Thats how they divert them into the ocean if they change their mind during the hours it takes to reach their target.

I'm not at all concerned about it, but loosing communication with them is a big deal, even if they are sitting in a silo. How about if we lose communications with AF1 while its traveling? no, no big deal, everyone knows where it is because we have fighter jets there.. WRONG.. its an indication that there is a flaw in the system that needs fixed..

You can ridicule the story but the issue if true, is a very big deal!!
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-03-2010, 02:10 PM
 
Location: Littleton, CO
20,893 posts, read 16,039,107 times
Reputation: 3954
Quote:
Originally Posted by pghquest View Post
You can ridicule the story but the issue if true, is a very big deal!!
What wild drug must you be on to consider the story real?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top