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Nuclear Officers Napped With Blast Door Left Open
Lasrick writes "AP's Robert Burns reports that 'Air Force officers entrusted with the launch keys to long-range nuclear missiles have been caught twice this year leaving open a blast door that is intended to help prevent a terrorist or other intruder from entering their underground command post.' Why is that signifcant? At least one of the officers was napping at the time. Airforce officials said other violations like this have undoubtedly occurred and gone undetected. Yeesh. 'The blast door violations are another sign of trouble in the handling of the nation's nuclear arsenal. The AP has discovered a series of problems within the ICBM force, including a failed safety inspection, the temporary sidelining of launch officers deemed unfit for duty and the abrupt firing last week of the two-star general in charge. The problems, including low morale, underscore the challenges of keeping safe such a deadly force that is constantly on alert but is unlikely ever to be used.'"
Hey there troops, listen up! It's your job to sit in this drab, overbuilt concrete coffin, sitting on your lazy asses like the cold war relics you are, until such a time as you are instructed to commit the greatest mass slaughter in human history. Any questions?
You'd think about the obvious reasons for nuclear disarmament, but nobody ever spares a thought for the poor sods who have to sit there watching these doomsday devices: if they ever get used it's the end of the world, if they're ever attacked it will be with overwhelming force, and they are expected to be running their AAA-game 24/7/365, no holidays, no vacations.
(Interesting thought experiment: replace "nuclear weapons officer" with "megabank sysadmin")
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"I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it." : Dogbert
How come we're not all dead? I thought (was told) there was a terrorist hiding around every corner.
That's why missile silos are round. Duh.
I always find it funny how people complain about the ineptitude of the government when it is a reflection of the society as a whole. You don't like it, do something about it. Or, you know, act like the people in your government act and just pass the buck while complaining. See, it works out perfectly.
Don't complain about syntax, grammar, or spelling. There is no.hell like input on android.
"Wow. Another ignorant poster who is somehow under the impression that things have gotten *worse* since Bush left office."
Wow. Another poster who misinterpreted somebody else's post and goes off on a political diatribe.
"And that's in spite of a Republican-controlled House that simply refuses to vote on anything that might make Obama look good."
And what might those things be? What, in your opinion, would make Obama look good? Let's see:
Bailouts? (It might have been Bush's idea but it was Obama who did it.) Did that make him look good?
Increased foreign wars, after he had vowed to decrease them immediately? Did that make him look good?
Inflationary monetary policy? A recession we still aren't out of? Massively increased debt and deficit? Do those make him look good?
Obamacare? Is that making him look good?
Increased domestic surveillance, when he had vowed to decrease it, immediately? Does that make him look good?
Increased intrusion into constitutional rights, when he had spoken out against it in his campaign? Does that make him look good?
Hmmm. Making a serious effort to be as objective as I can, I would still have to say no, no, no, no, no, and no.