Yesterday a Nuke-Missile Sub; Today, the Plane to Order it to LAUNCH
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Source: Hal Turner
Yesterday, this website reported that the United States surfaced an Ohio-class Submarine off the coast of Gibraltar, as it headed from the Atlantic Ocean into the Mediterranean Sea. (Story Here) Today, things got worse.
Today, the Pentagon confirmed — Ohio-class submarine arrived in Gibraltar — a rare public disclosure because only four of those Submarines carry Tomahawk Cruise Missiles; the rest carry Trident III NUCLEAR Missiles.
The Submarine in Gibraltar, the USS Alaska, carries only NUCLEAR Missiles.
Today, things got worse
Worse . . . today, a U.S. Navy E-6B “Mercury” aircraft, capable of transmitting nuclear launch orders, arrived in Germany. Here is the last part of its radar flight path:
The E-6B carries the encryption and communications gear necessary to communicate with SUBMERGED submarines, and transmit authenticated Nuclear Launch Orders.
So yesterday a nuke sub arrived. Today a plane capable of ordering that sub to launch, arrived.
One may think this is a strategic message to Iran. Some may think otherwise . . .
Minutes ago, here in my home state of New Jersey, another E-6B took Off out of Joint Based Lakehurst-McGuire in central New Jersey and is now over the Atlantic, but close to the US Coastline.
So we now have nuclear-launch-order aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea, and over the Atlantic Ocean off the US Coast.
Is this a "strategic message to Iran" or has someone else done something that WE need to be wary of, which caused us to posture like this?
The E-6B
The Boeing E-6B Mercury is a U.S. Navy communications relay and strategic airborne command post aircraft designed to ensure survivable, endurable communication between the National Command Authority (NCA) and U.S. nuclear forces. Known as a "TACAMO" ("Take Charge and Move Out") platform, it enables the command and control of submarine and land-based nuclear missiles, serving as a critical link in the nuclear triad.
This video shows a Navy E-6B Mercury, known as a 'Doomsday plane', in flight:
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Key Capabilities and Features
Mission: Provides airborne command, control, and communications (NC3) for the President and Secretary of Defense.
TACAMO & ALCS: Executes the "Take Charge and Move Out" mission to communicate with submarines and the Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS) to launch land-based ICBMs.
Equipment: Features Very Low Frequency (VLF) systems with dual trailing wire antennas.
Platform: Based on the Boeing 707 airframe, featuring four CFM-56-2A-2 engines.
Operational Range & Speed: The aircraft can fly over 5,500 nautical miles and operates at speeds around \(675\) mph.
Fleet and Operations
Service: 16 aircraft were modified to the E-6B standard, with the final delivery in 2006.
Squadrons: Operated by Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadrons VQ-3 and VQ-4, based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Modernization: Northrop Grumman is currently upgrading the fleet under the Integrated Modification and Maintenance Contract (IMMC).
Future: The Navy is developing a successor to the E-6B fleet. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
