Pakistan: Nuclear Weapons Moved Around Country in Delivery Vans to Hide Their Locations from U.S. and Indian Intelligence Agencies
November 7th, 2011Gee, I wonder what scenario we’re being prepared for with this narrative…
Via: The Atlantic:
Nuclear weapons must go to the shop for occasional maintenance, and so they must be moved to suitably equipped facilities, but Pakistan is also said to move them about the country in an attempt to keep American and Indian intelligence agencies guessing about their locations.
Nuclear-weapons components are sometimes moved by helicopter and sometimes moved over roads. And instead of moving nuclear material in armored, well-defended convoys, the SPD prefers to move material by subterfuge, in civilian-style vehicles without noticeable defenses, in the regular flow of traffic. According to both Pakistani and American sources, vans with a modest security profile are sometimes the preferred conveyance. And according to a senior U.S. intelligence official, the Pakistanis have begun using this low-security method to transfer not merely the “de-mated” component nuclear parts but “mated” nuclear weapons. Western nuclear experts have feared that Pakistan is building small, “tactical” nuclear weapons for quick deployment on the battlefield. In fact, not only is Pakistan building these devices, it is also now moving them over roads.
What this means, in essence, is this: In a country that is home to the harshest variants of Muslim fundamentalism, and to the headquarters of the organizations that espouse these extremist ideologies, including al-Qaeda, the Haqqani network, and Lashkar-e-Taiba (which conducted the devastating terror attacks on Mumbai three years ago that killed nearly 200 civilians), nuclear bombs capable of destroying entire cities are transported in delivery vans on congested and dangerous roads. And Pakistani and American sources say that since the raid on Abbottabad, the Pakistanis have provoked anxiety inside the Pentagon by increasing the pace of these movements. In other words, the Pakistani government is willing to make its nuclear weapons more vulnerable to theft by jihadists simply to hide them from the United States, the country that funds much of its military budget.
O-M-G! Mobile bioweapons laboratories in vans, er I mean nukes in vans!!!!!
The vans have pictures of yellow cake on the side of them.
A mushroom cloud.
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In July 1950 a B-50 crashed near Lebanon, Ohio. The high-explosive trigger for the nuclear weapon detonated on impact. The blast was felt over 25 miles away.
In May 1957 a nuclear weapon fell from the bomb bay of a B-36 near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Parachutes malfunctioned and the weapon was destroyed on impact.
In October 1957 near Homestead, Florida a B-47 crashed. The nuclear weapon was burned.
In March 1958 a B-47 accidentally dropped a nuclear weapon near Florence, South Carolina. The high-explosive trigger detonated on impact.
In November 1958 a B-47 crashed near Abilene, Texas. The trigger of the nuclear weapon exploded upon impact.
In July 1959 a C-124 crashed near Bossier City, Louisiana. Both plane and nuclear weapon were destroyed.
In October 1959 a B-52 with two nuclear weapons was involved in a mid-air collision near Hardinsburg, Kentucky. One weapon partially burned.
In January 1961 a B-52 broke apart in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina. Two nuclear weapons were released. The parachute on one weapon malfunctioned, and contamination was spread over a wide area. The uranium core was never recovered. Daniel Ellsberg reported that detonation was a very real risk because five of six safety devices failed.
In that month near Monticello, Idaho a B-52 carrying nuclear weapons exploded in mid-air. No information was made available as to the weapons.
In March 1961 a B-52 with two nuclear weapons crashed near Yuba City, California.
In January 1964 a B-52 carrying two nuclear weapons crashed near Cumberland, Maryland.
In January 1966 a B-52 carrying four hydrogen bombs crashed after a mid-air collision near Palomares, Spain. Two weapons exploded on impact, with resulting plutonium contamination. A months-long program was undertaken to locate and extract the other two weapons from the ocean. Major policy changes were taken under consideration.
In January 1968 a B-52 carrying four hydrogen weapons crashed and burned near Thule AFB in Greenland. Explosives in one bomb detonated, spreading plutonium contamination. Apparently, the other three weapons have never been accounted for.
http://geronimomanifesto.blogspot.com/2007/09/barksdale-revisited-part-one.html
Calm, you forgot the punchline…
The United States government does exactly the same thing for many many years.
June 2007: DOENRC driver goes 340 miles off-route with nuclear transport truck.
http://www.allgov.com/Unusual_News/ViewNews/Nuclear_Materials_Driver_Paid_to_do_Nothing_for_3_Years_111013
June 2010: Feds Use Regular-Looking Trucks to Ship Secret Cargo in Plain Sight
http://www.innovationnewsdaily.com/secret-shipments-in-plain-sight-2048/
Undated: For decades, action-ready nuclear weapon components and actual weapons were routinely shipped throughout the U. S. in unmarked trucks.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/readings/rossin.html
Basically, high profile transport shouldn’t be done in obvious manners. A truck with a great big sign saying “This vehicle is carrying [gold/cash][guns][pharmaceuticals][nuclear material]” is a very bad thing. It becomes a high profile target for anyone who may want it.
I knew a driver who transports for the military on a regular basis. He believed the most dangerous cargo has been C-4. That may be what his bill of lading says. Drivers don’t open the crates to see what’s in them. They get the cargo loaded, the deliver it, they get their paperwork signed and go on to pick up their next load.
I knew another person, who transported huge sums of cash for a money handling facility. They’d send two armored trucks out separately, with escorts. Local law enforcement would be notified of the schedule and route, and advised not to stop any of the vehicles. This person, in plain clothes, drove an unmarked SUV with the rear full of cash, covered in a tarp. His instructions were simple. “Get there as fast as you can safely. You have no speed limits.” He did weekly runs like that for years.
And ya, I’ve met some interesting people over the years.