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The Grand Turk
Turkey may close Incirlik air base in face of US threats: Erdogan
2019-12-16
[Aljazeera] Turkey could shut down its Incirlik air base that hosts US nuclear warheads in response to threats of US sanctions, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned.

US senators backed legislation last week to impose sanctions on Turkey over the purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defence system earlier this year and its recent military operation in northern Syria.

"If it is necessary for us to take such a step, of course we have the authority... We will close down Incirlik if necessary," Erdogan said on A Haber TV on Sunday.

Incirlik is a key air base used by the Turkish Air Force located outside the city of Adana, about 150km from the Syrian border. Since November 2011, the US air force has flown drones from the base and has used it to to carry out air strikes against the armed group ISIL (ISIS).

The United States stores nuclear weapons at Incirlik as part of the legacy of the Cold War.
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  It would only make Official what is blindingly obvious...
Posted by: magpie   2019-12-16 11:06  

#8  We should be sure to leave a Mark 17 Bravo (15mt) buried there as a spoiler. 12 hours after the last American leaves....
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-12-16 11:00  

#7  My guess is the nukes have been gone for quite a while.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-16 10:26  

#6  I wonder if we still nukes at Incirlik. If I were me, I would have removed them slowly, one at a time, disguised as routine flights. Maybe replace them with a little radioactive waste so a casual Geiger counter inspection wouldn't show anything missing. Yippy is just too much of a wild card at this point.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-12-16 09:57  

#5  No Worries b! We Burgers are savvy enough to hold more than one thought at a time.
Posted by: Warthog   2019-12-16 09:50  

#4  Sorry, wrong post. My computer has gone haywire.
Posted by: b   2019-12-16 08:56  

#3  "According to White House visitor logs, on January 19, 2016, Eric Ciaramella chaired a meeting of FBI, Department of Justice and Department of State personnel, which had two main objectives:
To coerce the Ukrainians to drop the Burisma probe, which involved Vice President Joseph Biden’s son Hunter, and allow the FBI to take it over the investigation.
To reopen a closed 2014 FBI investigation that focused heavily on GOP lobbyist Paul Manafort, whose firm long had been tied to Trump through his partner and Trump pal, Roger Stone.
Posted by: b   2019-12-16 08:55  

#2  Another liability forced upon America because some generals think the world would end if it came to pass.

See - the whining of the admirals and generals over Subic Bay NS and Clark AF.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-12-16 06:59  

#1  Go ahead, make my day!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-12-16 03:59  

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