Failure Shuts Down Squadron of Nuclear Missiles

10-27-10, 11:34 AM

Its like something out of a movie.......truth can indeed be stranger than fiction. How the Atlantic got the story is another issue.

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Oct 26 2010, 4:36 PM ET

President Obama was briefed this morning on an engineering power failure at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming that took 50 nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), one-ninth of the U.S. missile stockpile, temporarily offline on Saturday.

The base is a main locus of the United States' strategic nuclear forces. The 90th Missile Wing, headquartered there, controls 150 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic nuclear missiles. They're on full-time alert and are housed in a variety of bunkers across several states.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...f-icbms/65207/

FIREWALL · 10-27-10, 11:45 AM

That's what happens when you don't pay your power bill.

gimpy117 · 10-27-10, 02:20 PM

oh heaven forbid we lose a whole 9th of our nukes.

Oberon · 10-27-10, 02:22 PM

Don't worry, it was just Skynet setting itself up...

krashkart · 10-27-10, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Don't worry, it was just Skynet setting itself up...

I thought Matthew Broderick was playing with his WOPR again.

FIREWALL · 10-27-10, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

I thought Matthew Broderick was playing with his WOPR again.

Mmmmm BurgerKing.

TLAM Strike · 10-27-10, 07:54 PM

When they turned the power back on they saw something on their computer screens...

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Would you like to play a game?

ReFaN · 10-28-10, 03:45 AM

Probably dem dam ruskies at it again.

FIRE THEM ALL, WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE AT MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTIOn, FIRE FIRE FIR.. Sorry, got caught up in the act.

10-27-10, 11:45 AM	#2
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10-27-10, 02:20 PM	#3
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10-28-10, 03:45 AM	#8
ReFaN Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 831 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Probably dem dam ruskies at it again. FIRE THEM ALL, WE STILL HAVE A CHANCE AT MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTIOn, FIRE FIRE FIR.. Sorry, got caught up in the act. __________________ Liverpool is my relegion, Anfield is my church. True believers never walk alone.

10-27-10, 02:22 PM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Don't worry, it was just Skynet setting itself up...