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First time since Cold War ended in 1991, US Air Force now loads back Nuclear Bombs to B-52s Bombers in 24-hour alert ready to fly

By: vietpressusa October 22, 2017

VietPress USA (Oct. 22, 2017): President Donald Trump will visit South Korea, China, Japan, Vietnam and may be Philippines. Trump may visit the demilitarized zone (DMZ).


The Deputy Ambassador of North Korea to UN, Mr. Kim In Ryong, declared that his Country now become a ‘full-fledged nuclear power’ and warns that "the entire US mainland is within our firing range’.

North Korea cut off totally the foreign relations with the United States and Kim Jong-un threatens to attack Nuclear ICMB to any part of US mainland. Trump can't wait for Kim Jong-un to attack US soil or destroy American allies as Japan and South Korea... Therefore US Air Force is now preparing the Nuclear Bombers within 24-hour urgent alert for ready to fly.



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Air Force preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready-to-fly alert: report

The aircraft have not been on this status since the Cold War ended in 1991
By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times - Sunday, October 22, 2017
The U.S. Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert, a status not seen since the Cold War ended in 1991 according to a report released Sunday by Defense One.
“If the order comes, the B-52s will return to a ready-to-fly posture not seen since the Cold War,” reported Marcus Weisgerber, global business editor for the industry publication, noting that “long-dormant” runway areas on certain bases could once again be a home to fully loaded B-52s, ready to fly at a moment’s notice.
“This is yet one more step in ensuring that we’re prepared,” Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff, said in an interview during his six-day tour of Barksdale and other Air Force bases that support the nuclear mission. “I look at it more as not planning for any specific event, but more for the reality of the global situation we find ourselves in and how we ensure we’re prepared going forward.”
The officer and other senior defense officials stressed that the alert order had not been given, but that “preparations were under way” just in case. The decision itself would be made by Gen. John Hyten, commander of Strategic Command, or Gen. Lori Robinson, the head of Northern Command. STRATCOM is in charge of the military’s nuclear forces and NORTHCOM is tasked with defending North America.
“Putting the B-52s back on alert is just one of many decisions facing the Air Force as the military responds to a changing geopolitical environment that includes North Korea’s rapidly advancing nuclear arsenal, President Trump’s confrontational approach to Pyongyang, and Russia’s increasingly potent and active armed forces,” reported Mr. Weisgerber.
“The world is a dangerous place and we’ve got folks that are talking openly about use of nuclear weapons,” Gen. Goldfein said, who pointed out that times have changed since the U.S. and the Soviet Union confronted on another.
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