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I got dibs on BB-55 and all the 16 inch shells and powder!
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There's Draken International, there's Air-USA, and recently someone made a purchase of Aussie F-18s, but I'm pretty sure its one of these two companies?Pretty sure if we were living by Madison's intent, private F-15's in driveways would be a thing... after all, the Man o' War was the ICBM of its day and the Founders ENCOURAGED an entire industry of such privateer warships.
Indeed. There's also quite a number of privately owned "obsolete" armored vehicles that are still functional.. some with fully functional guns but most still have the same armor... nevermind that there's the M1A2s that outclasses the private armor.. the police/agencies do not have such things. By the way, the majority of police armored vehicles aren't protected from .50cal BMGsA weapon is only as strong as its operators... and its supply chain. ICBM's have minimum ranges, and if things went kinetic... the guys down in the capsules have families up topside and if it goes Game On I'm sure plenty of folks would have no qualms about "secondary targets" as leverage in an All Bets Are Off.
Personally I think that's a bridge too far going after noncombatants, but there ARE folks out there of less scrupulous moral code.
That's not quite how the missiles work! The dudes in the silos cannot change assigned targeting, only upload the flight profile as they receive their launch orders! Outside of a very few leaders, NOBODY knows what shot goes where! It's also next to impossable for anyone outside the very small group who runs things to designate targets, and then, it's highly unlikely they would have the abilities to assign targets within CONUS with out a whole bunch of pre planning, which would take a Very long time to do, and nearly impossable with all the watchful eyes looking inward for just such reasons! Even a rogue air launched white tip would be next to impossable to reassign, targeting data and all that stuff gets uploaded to the war shot long before the war shot gets assembled and slung to an airframe, then there is the whole flight where the aircraft may be heading in the wrong direction! There are way to many checks for exactly these reasons!A weapon is only as strong as its operators... and its supply chain. ICBM's have minimum ranges, and if things went kinetic... the guys down in the capsules have families up topside and if it goes Game On I'm sure plenty of folks would have no qualms about "secondary targets" as leverage in an All Bets Are Off.
Personally I think that's a bridge too far going after noncombatants, but there ARE folks out there of less scrupulous moral code.
The Second Amendment, often referred to as the right to bear arms, is one of 10 amendments that form the Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791 by the U.S. Congress.
I was referring to the guys in silos potentially being leveraged to NOT turn keys, along with the nature of ballistic weaponry as unsuitable for "direct fire"--simple laws of physics mean you can't have a Minuteman III launched from Wyoming hit a target in Kansas even if you're the arsehole at the top who designs the targeting packages. Most likely scenario if Biden gets frisky and wants to play Hiroshima would be a free-fall gravity bomb like a B83 since the airspace is uncontested... even then I'd hope the aircrew would be the heirs to old SAC patriots and mark "Delivery Refused, Return To Sender."That's not quite how the missiles work! The dudes in the silos cannot change assigned targeting, only upload the flight profile as they receive their launch orders! Outside of a very few leaders, NOBODY knows what shot goes where! It's also next to impossable for anyone outside the very small group who runs things to designate targets, and then, it's highly unlikely they would have the abilities to assign targets within CONUS with out a whole bunch of pre planning, which would take a Very long time to do, and nearly impossable with all the watchful eyes looking inward for just such reasons! Even a rogue air launched white tip would be next to impossable to reassign, targeting data and all that stuff gets uploaded to the war shot long before the war shot gets assembled and slung to an airframe, then there is the whole flight where the aircraft may be heading in the wrong direction! There are way to many checks for exactly these reasons!
Pretty sure there are not a few people with fully functional AA gunsI was referring to the guys in silos potentially being leveraged to NOT turn keys, along with the nature of ballistic weaponry as unsuitable for "direct fire"--simple laws of physics mean you can't have a Minuteman III launched from Wyoming hit a target in Kansas even if you're the arsehole at the top who designs the targeting packages. Most likely scenario if Biden gets frisky and wants to play Hiroshima would be a free-fall gravity bomb like a B83 since the airspace is uncontested... even then I'd hope the aircrew would be the heirs to old SAC patriots and mark "Delivery Refused, Return To Sender."
The US government has admitted to losing 11, but some experts believe between 50 and 100 bombs were lost around the world.
Otfried Nassauer, an expert on nuclear armament and the director of the Berlin Information Center for Transatlantic Security, said: "The American Defence Department has confirmed the loss of 11 atomic bombs. It is believed that up to 50 nuclear weapons worldwide were lost during the Cold War."
UK defence analyst Eric Grove puts the number even higher, especially when taking into account the "Suitcase Nukes" – smaller weapons that could fit into a case – developed by Russia.
Speaking on a recent episode of Punt PI, on Radio 4, he said: "Out of the 250 former Soviet suitcase bombs, 100 were in fact 'lost'. Although some experts believe those 100 were deployed in the West somewhere."
Eric revealed that several H-bombs lost in the US, in incidents referred to as "broken arrows", were never recovered.
AA can't hit a B-52 at-altitude though... they were originally built with the strategy of "fly above the AA" and then the SA-2 "Telephone Pole" forced an adaptation to low-level tactics. Not a lot of countering Fighter or SAM Threat...Pretty sure there are not a few people with fully functional AA guns
Oh I don't think so The last 20 years his folks have been practicing killing lightly armed Afghanistan insurgents and never used Nukes. He is just telling everyone that he is willing to kill Americans the same way if folks resist the coup.ImhoWell we are being taught something new every day.
Up till now I thought we were the ones who had the nukes. But I guess not since the pretender in chief has just informed us that he may use them on us.
"The Right to Keep an bear arms"............. Not just a musket......Arms, meaning cannons, sabers, swivel guns etc. You are correct.Pretty sure if we were living by Madison's intent, private F-15's in driveways would be a thing... after all, the Man o' War was the ICBM of its day and the Founders ENCOURAGED an entire industry of such privateer warships.