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| Gates: Air Force may consolidate nuclear control |
| 2008-09-12 |
| How about you name it something like...the Strategic Air Command maybe? WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Air Force will consider consolidating under a single command all responsibility for management of its nuclear weapons arsenal. Gates made the statement at a Pentagon news conference where an advisory group was releasing its recommendations on ways to improve the Air Force's handling of its nuclear weapons mission. He said the advisory group, led by former defense secretary James Schlesinger, is recommending that a new Air Force command be created to consolidate the nuclear weapons responsibilities. Gates also said that while the Schlesinger panel makes a convincing argument for this, he is not certain about it. He said it will be a matter for Air Force leaders to consider and decide. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #5 Good news is that an USMC NCO Cabal strike force retrived a good deal of the US Army fissile material, most of it is hidden in holes various on Paris Island Depot. Moved each day, sometimes more than once. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-09-12 17:01 |
| #4 Sorry, but it's a non-nuclear Army today: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3723/is_200805/ai_n25501407 |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-09-12 15:32 |
| #3 Missiles, I would assume. Used to be Pershings, dunno what it would be now. |
| Posted by: Fred 2008-09-12 15:19 |
| #2 Here's a basic, perhaps stupidly so, question - Does the Army have any nuclear arsenal? I recall the nuclear artillery shells from decades ago, but does the current Army command have a separate nuclear component, or is it left to the USAF, and USN-sub service? |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Idiot Suppression Division 2008-09-12 14:05 |
| #1 "..as soon as the Air Farce learns how to control their own nuclear..." |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-09-12 13:15 |