US will build its first new nuclear warhead in 40 years

Jimbuna · 04-19-24, 07:51 AM

The W93 warhead, which will be designed to be launched from submarines, is part of a $19.3 billion budget bring requested by the National Nuclear Security Agency in 2025

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...d6e1093c&ei=17

em2nought · 04-19-24, 09:12 AM

Nuclear warheads built during "build, back, better"?

GoldenRivet · 04-19-24, 09:58 AM

Must be why seurity has been so heightened at the Yucca Lake Facility just northwest of Vegas for the past year or so.

Not only is there a restricted area there - R4808N - which encompasses the groom lake facility known as area 51 and restricts flight at all altitudes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year... but they've seen fit to publish a 20 mile wide Temporary Flight Restriction - inside the already restricted area - centered on 36°53'52.63"N 116° 2'42.69"W

who wants to guess what they do there?

first time i've seen that facility's airspace "hot" in 25 years of flying

ET2SN · 04-19-24, 11:33 AM

Just pop those co-ordinates into Google Earth.

Its south of Yucca Flats near what's labeled as "Device Assembly Area".

It doesn't sound very threatening to me.

Commander Wallace · 04-19-24, 03:57 PM

A nice place to visit where all sorts of things go rumble rumble and " BUMP " in the night.

Reece · 04-19-24, 07:35 PM

I'm sure Russia will make a note of that area!!

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,724 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Must be why seurity has been so heightened at the Yucca Lake Facility just northwest of Vegas for the past year or so. Not only is there a restricted area there - R4808N - which encompasses the groom lake facility known as area 51 and restricts flight at all altitudes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year... but they've seen fit to publish a 20 mile wide Temporary Flight Restriction - inside the already restricted area - centered on 36°53'52.63"N 116° 2'42.69"W who wants to guess what they do there? first time i've seen that facility's airspace "hot" in 25 years of flying __________________

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Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 33,680 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	I'm sure Russia will make a note of that area!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

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ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,571 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Just pop those co-ordinates into Google Earth. Its south of Yucca Flats near what's labeled as "Device Assembly Area". It doesn't sound very threatening to me.

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Commander Wallace Silent Hunter Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 4,990 Downloads: 360 Uploads: 0	A nice place to visit where all sorts of things go rumble rumble and " BUMP " in the night.