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2002-12-27 Middle East

Pentagon Prepares to Move Troops to Persian Gulf

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Posted by Frank Martin 2002-12-27 02:20 pm|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 B-2s have a special security classification. They won't be mentioned until after they drop their bombs. The AF has been building portable shelters on Diego Garcia to house them, reports suggest that up to a dozen may be "busy" on the first night of action. They are always ready to deploy.

Posted by Steve 2002-12-27 14:45:13|| 2002-12-27 14:45:13|| Front Page Top

#2 With precision weapons constituting a much larger percentage of the arsenal, there probably isn't any real reason to use the B-2.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2002-12-27 14:54:06|| 2002-12-27 14:54:06|| Front Page Top

#3 More detail coming in from another source ( komo tv in seattle)

"Either the USS Abraham Lincoln or the USS Kitty Hawk battle group would be sent from the Pacific fleets. The Abraham Lincoln is in Perth, Australia, having just left the Persian Gulf region. The Kitty Hawk is in port in Japan"

and

"Already in the region is the carrier USS Constellation and the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau, officials said."

Kitty Hawk and contellation are of the same class of carries, non nuclear, early 1960's carrier used primarily as training carriers. During the Afghanistan takeover last year, the Kitty Hawk serverd as a floating Special OPS platform.

Posted by Frank Martin 2002-12-27 15:03:58|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2002-12-27 15:03:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Bomb-a-rama, the B-2 carries precision munitions. Currently configured, it carries up to 16 2000lb JDAMs. That's 16 targets it can destroy during one mission. I looked through all the press reports and saw another glaring ommission. The F-117 Stealth fighter. Just as I thought, it carries the same special security classification as the B-2. We never mention it until after.

Posted by Steve 2002-12-27 15:09:04|| 2002-12-27 15:09:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Picture the Sixty Minutes watch...

tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick...

Say, maybe on the way home they could take a swipe at North Korea?

Posted by Chuck 2002-12-27 15:54:22|| [www.simmins.org] 2002-12-27 15:54:22|| Front Page Top

#6 From NBC:

" The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, surrounded by French tugboats, leaves the harbor of Marseille on Friday. The carrier will be on standby in case of a strike on Iraq"

site shows a picture of her very low in the water.

Posted by Frank Martin 2002-12-27 16:16:44|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2002-12-27 16:16:44|| Front Page Top

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