Reply #107: Thanks for keeping this story alive

[bonzotex]

I've been following this story as best I can. I haven't commented on DU because frankly there is just not enough good info right now to have a good feel for what went on here. You've pulled together a lot of factual info, but also be wary of the bizarre speculation.

As unlikely as it sounds, this can be explained by a series of egregious fuck-ups by the USAF. I think that's the real story here. People should be very concerned about how our military handles nukes. As other commenter's have pointed out, this would never have happened under SAC.

None of this, however; fits well into a conspiracy to "stage" stealthy nuke cruise missiles to Barksdale for some nefarious purpose. If that was the goal, we would have never heard about any of this.

Unfortunately, we aren't going to get a straight story on this from the USAF. Also, former and current officers and crew members are limited by some pretty draconian non-disclosure clauses that limit how much they can say publicly.

The best thing we can do is keep asking questions and digging for info -- Keep the story alive until a Patriotic Congress critter (or 10 or 20) pays enough attention to make this a political issue over America's nuclear surety program.