Sunday, September 23, 2007

The Stolen Nuclear Weapon

This has got to be the most under reported story of the year. Briefly, 6 nukes shipped, 5 nukes accounted for. This is the story to follow. This article goes into a detailed account of a highly unusual chain of events that answers a lot of questions, and raises even more. I'm not sure of ABT's credibility, however the basic event has been reported in MSM. The whole thing could come down to a series of stupid paperwork errors. Or it could be a nightmare.
FROM ABOVETOPSECRET.COM:
ATS Premium: Barksdale Missile Number Six: The Stolen Nuclear Weapon

Someone, operating under a special chain of command within the United States Air Force, just stole a nuclear weapon.

ATS Premium Article by Chuck Simpson

Some History

Barksdale Missile Number Six deserves far more public attention than it's received to date. Missile Number Six is potentially the major story of at least this year.

Until 1968 under the Airborne Alert Program, informally called Operation Chrome Dome, the Air Force routinely kept about a dozen strategic bombers with nuclear weapons flying at all times.

One predictable result was crashes and incidents. In 1968 the Department of Defense published a list of 13 serious nuclear weapons accidents that occurred between 1950 and 1968. In 1980 the list was revised to include 32 incidents through that year.

Notably, the Pentagon has not acknowledged any accidents since 1980. This alone highlights the importance the Pentagon is placing on the recent transportation of nuclear weapons from North Dakota to Louisiana.

Through 1968, several reported incidents involved plane crashes or malfunctions, beginning with the crash of a B-29 near Fairfield, California in August 1950. The resulting blast was felt 30 miles away.

In July 1950 a B-50 crashed near Lebanon, Ohio. The high-explosive trigger for the nuclear weapon detonated on impact. The blast was felt over 25 miles away.

In May 1957 a nuclear weapon fell from the bomb bay of a B-36 near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Parachutes malfunctioned and the weapon was destroyed on impact.
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