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.

Platapus · 10-27-10, 06:36 PM

At no time was the capability of the US to launch these missiles compromised. When it comes to Nuclear Release Authority, there are redundant systems and redundant to the redundant systems. Then there are the back up systems and the back up back up systems.

General LeMay set up a good system. Nothing in the SIOP can have a single point of failure... or even two points of failure.

Ducimus · 10-27-10, 06:47 PM

Failing that, i'd wager the base Civil Engineering would have things back up and running in no time.

ETR3(SS) · 10-27-10, 06:50 PM

But then again I suppose if you weren't a part of the nuclear triad during some point of your life you would be shocked by this news, maybe even feel a little exposed.

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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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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10-27-10, 06:36 PM	#7
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,365 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	At no time was the capability of the US to launch these missiles compromised. When it comes to Nuclear Release Authority, there are redundant systems and redundant to the redundant systems. Then there are the back up systems and the back up back up systems. General LeMay set up a good system. Nothing in the SIOP can have a single point of failure... or even two points of failure. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	But then again I suppose if you weren't a part of the nuclear triad during some point of your life you would be shocked by this news, maybe even feel a little exposed. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

10-28-10, 03:45 AM	#11
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...

10-27-10, 06:47 PM	#8
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Failing that, i'd wager the base Civil Engineering would have things back up and running in no time.