Nuclear warheads mistakenly flown on B-52

[*jr]

Source: Navy Times

Nuclear warheads mistakenly flown on B-52

By Michael Hoffman - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Sep 4, 2007 21:22:50 EDT

A B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, resulting in an Air Force-wide investigation, according to three officers who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the incident.

The B-52 was loaded with Advanced Cruise Missiles, part of a Defense Department effort to decommission 400 of the ACMs. But the nuclear warheads should have been removed at Minot before being transported to Barksdale, the officers said. The missiles were mounted onto the pylons of the bomber’s wings.

Advanced Cruise Missiles carry a W80-1 warhead with a yield of 5 to 150 kilotons and are specifically designed for delivery by B-52 strategic bombers.

Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Ed Thomas said the transfer was safely conducted and the weapons were in Air Force custody and control at all times. However, the mistake was not discovered until the B-52 landed at Barskdale, which left the warheads unaccounted for during the approximately 3 1/2 hour flight between the two bases, the officers said.


More on BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6980204.stm

[*jr]

Were the Nukes "accidentally" loaded on the B-52 meant for Iran? Well, the story is still developing, but here is the latest from a credible source.

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Staging Nukes for Iran?
By Larry Johnson on Sep 5, 2007 in Current Affairs

Why the hubbub over a B-52 taking off from a B-52 base in Minot, North Dakota and subsequently landing at a B-52 base in Barksdale, Louisiana? That’s like getting excited if you see postal worker in uniform walking out of a post office. And how does someone watching a B-52 land identify the cruise missiles as nukes? It just does not make sense.

So I called a old friend and retired B-52 pilot and asked him. What he told me offers one compelling case of circumstantial evidence. My buddy, let’s call him Jack D. Ripper, reminded me that the only times you put weapons on a plane is when they are on alert or if you are tasked to move the weapons to a specific site.

Then he told me something I had not heard before.

Barksdale Air Force Base is being used as a jumping off point for Middle East operations. Gee, why would we want cruise missile nukes at Barksdale Air Force Base. Can’t imagine we would need to use them in Iraq. Why would we want to preposition nuclear weapons at a base conducting Middle East operations?

His final point was to observe that someone on the inside obviously leaked the info that the planes were carrying nukes. A B-52 landing at Barksdale is a non-event. A B-52 landing with nukes. That is something else.

Now maybe there is an innocent explanation for this? I can’t think of one. What is certain is that the pilots of this plane did not just make a last minute decision to strap on some nukes and take them for a joy ride. We need some tough questions and clear answers. What the hell is going on? Did someone at Barksdale try to indirectly warn the American people that the Bush Administration is staging nukes for Iran? I don’t know, but it is a question worth asking.

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2007/09/05 ... /#more-817

[FAH1223]

R.I.P. Iran

[SummerRain]

Iran will never and can never be nuked simple as that.

[FAH1223]

[quote="Ismahan123"]Iran will never and can never be nuked simple as that.[/quote]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO41GWNePDI

[Somaliweyn Commando]

If it RIP Iran then its definately RIP Israel

Nigga this is Hizbollah times a million

[King-of-Awdal]

ok folkz calm down the nukes flew over us not iran we should be the one going hysterical not the iranian's

[*jr]

[quote="Ismahan123"]Iran will never and can never be nuked simple as that.[/quote]

Have you been reading the papers lately? US has thretened Iran with Nukes before....that's an old news.

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U.S. Threatens War on Iran – Nuclear Strikes Contemplated
by Larry Everest

April 23, 2006

A startling new story by journalist Seymour Hersh reveals that the war criminal Bush administration may be feverishly preparing for new, even greater crimes: a possible attack on Iran, an attack which could involve nuclear weapons.

In the April 17 issue of the New Yorker, Hersh writes: “The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major air attack. Current and former American military and intelligence officials said that Air Force planning groups are drawing up lists of targets, and teams of American combat troops have been ordered into Iran, under cover, to collect targeting data and to establish contact with anti-government ethnic-minority groups. The officials say that President Bush is determined to deny the Iranian regime the opportunity to begin a pilot program, planned for this spring, to enrich uranium.”

Attack planning is "enormous," "hectic" and "operational,” according to former intelligence officials quoted by Hersh. “There is a growing conviction among members of the United States military, and in the international community, that President Bush’s ultimate goal in the nuclear confrontation with Iran is regime change,” Hersh reports. A European diplomatic advisor told him, “the United States wants regime change.”

Hersh reports that using nuclear weapons is a definite and real possibility: “One of the military’s initial option plans, as presented to the White House by the Pentagon this winter, calls for the use of a bunker-buster tactical nuclear weapon, such as the B61-11, against underground nuclear sites,” Hersh writes. A former intelligence official told him that whenever anybody tries to remove the nuclear option “they’re shouted down” by top Bush officials.

U.S. forces are already practicing nuclear bombing runs: “American Naval tactical aircraft, operating from carriers in the Arabian Sea, have been flying simulated nuclear-weapons delivery missions—rapid ascending maneuvers known as ‘over the shoulder’ bombing—since last summer...within range of Iranian coastal radars,” Hersh writes.

http://www.rwor.org/a/044/us-threatens-war-on-iran.htm

[*Arabman]

*jr, it's a psychological warfare stunt meant to scare Iran. Are there independent organizations who have verified the B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded five nuclear warheads? The answer is NO. As far as everyone knows, there was no nuclear warhead in this scaremongering story. Besides, who is foolish enough to believe the Bush regime?

[*jr]

Arabman, I completely understand your skepticism here, however, let us not underestimate the current regime in Washington....surely they’re capable of doing the unthinkable.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see who's bluffing.

[*Arabman]

[Arabman, I completely understand your skepticism here, however, let us not underestimate the current regime in Washington....surely they’re capable of doing the unthinkable.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see who's bluffing.]

*jr, nuclear warhead isn't conventional warhead. Iran is a big country with +60 million population; it has a chance of surviving in case of nuclear attack. On the other hand, Israel is a tiny country; a single nuclear warhead (most probably fired by Hezbollah) could devastate it (loss of life in predominantly Israeli cities, environmentally, etc).

[*jr]

[quote*Arabman] *jr, nuclear warhead isn't conventional warhead. Iran is a big country with +60 million population; it has a chance of surviving in case of nuclear attack. On the other hand, Israel is a tiny country; a single nuclear warhead (most probably fired by Hezbollah) could devastate it (loss of life in predominantly Israeli cities, environmentally, etc).[/quote]

That's what scares me the most, that one single powerful conventional warhead from Iran or Hezbollah could land in downtown Tel-Aviv, which would easily kill hundreds of Israeli civilians, hence, the pressure for the Israeli government to retaliate, and the likelihood they would use their nuclear arsenal. That of course would be a colossal nightmare, not only for the Middle East but also throughout the world.

[*Arabman]

[That's what scares me the most, that one single powerful conventional warhead from Iran or Hezbollah could land in downtown Tel-Aviv, which would easily kill hundreds of Israeli civilians, hence, the pressure for the Israeli government to retaliate, and the likelihood they would use their nuclear arsenal. That of course would be a colossal nightmare, not only for the Middle East but also throughout the world.]

One thing is sure; Iran will not start it, but will retaliate if attacked.