Incoming Ballistic Missile – Hawaii

5 Comments

1. 

   Marie3 on January 13, 2018 at 8:34 pm

   State Governor David Ige apologised to Hawaiians, saying an employee had pressed the wrong button. or wrong sequence of buttons.

   Does that give the Trumpsters the warm fuzzies knowing that “The Button” is under the control of an idiot?  

2. 

   Oui on January 14, 2018 at 1:37 pm

   The signs were still there from the Cold War era …

    « click for more info »

   These were scheduled to be removed shortly … because there are NO adequate bunkers to survive!

   In no time there will be plenty of contracts for new construction work, the fox in the hen house
   (Washington DC) will come forward as the Big Project Leader, a savior for Obama’s Hawaii.

3. 

   Oui on January 14, 2018 at 2:09 pm

   I lived in the St. Louis area and saw a row of B-52s standing ready for take-off … school drills had been well reheased, knowing it was without purpose when an thermonuclear bomb dropped in the Metropolitan area of St. Louis or on the McDonnell military plant near Lambert Field.

   A Full Retaliatory Response

   When President John Kennedy contemplated nuclear war, what went through the minds of the U.S. bomber crews?

   STANDING ON A STEPLADDER IN THE GLOOM of the B-52’s cavernous bomb bay, I squeezed between the lower pair of torpedo-shaped nukes–B28FI thermonuclear weapons– and aimed an inspection mirror and flashlight at the circular viewports on each: “safe” indicators visible, yield settings correct. Satisfied that our bomb load was dormant, the navigator and I connected the mechanical bomb door actuators and backed carefully out of the bay. With the pilot and gunner, we shouldered the heavy doors, sticky with hydraulic fluid, and slammed the latches home with a solid thunk.

    « click for more info
   The B-52 was designed as a winged nuclear deterrent for the Strategic Air Command (SAC)  

   In the crew compartment, the radar navigator–who on a B-52 serves as the bombardier–and the electronic warfare officer wrapped up their inventory of our code documents and strike folders. Then the six of us hopped into an Air Force-blue, six-passenger pickup and headed to “the vault.” For the next three hours, we sat within a guarded, windowless, single-story, cinder-block bunker to study the inconceivable: the part we’d play in global thermonuclear war.

   ○ Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and the Cuban Crisis
   ○ Big, Very Big Populist Hero Talks War Bluntly!

4. 

   Oui on January 14, 2018 at 2:21 pm

   How Hawaiians Acted On Nuclear Alert …

   Here’s what people on Maui did when they thought nuclear war was imminent | Maui News |

   The alert is designed to give Hawaii residents 15 minutes warning to take shelter-a largely useless gesture, since there are few, if any, proper nuclear bomb shelters in the state. About the best any of us can really hope for is to huddle inside away from glass and hope for the best.

    « click for more info »
   Bikini Atoll nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable (The Guardian)

   For the last hour I’ve been collecting brief statements from people on Maui about what they did during that time-during those precious few minutes when it seemed possible that nuclear war was imminent. I found some on Twitter and Facebook, and asked others I know for their thoughts. Some reacted calmly, noting that none of the emergency sirens were going off. Others, well, they did what they could.

   Here are statements from 30 people on Maui (I’ve removed all names and identifying details because, honestly, these people could easily be us):

   “I searched social media and reached out to people. We panicked for about 30 seconds, but I felt that something wasn’t right. No sirens and lots of confusion.”

   “I was washing my face and was like why bother?!?! I ran around in circles trying to think of what to grab. And [my son] is at a regatta and called me freaking out. I was in tears thinking he wasn’t with us.”

   “I made the bed for some inexplicable reason, trying to act normal. Such a helpless feeling!”

   [Read on …]

5. 

   The Voice In The Wilderness on January 15, 2018 at 10:45 pm

   Heard on Bloomberg radio that the officer responsible has been “reassigned”. Maybe to Thule? Career ended for sure.