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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMilitary Deletes New Year's Eve Tweet Saying It's 'Ready to Drop Something'
The New York Times @nytimes 7m7 minutes agoThe U.S. Strategic Command deleted a New Years Eve tweet saying it was "ready to drop something," with a video showing bombs being released
In the tweet, which was posted as Americans prepared to celebrate New Years Eve and was deleted about three hours later, the United States Strategic Command said the nation was ready to drop something. A video that was part of the tweet showed a B-2 stealth bomber soaring across the sky before releasing two GPS-guided bombs that exploded into a giant ball of fire after hitting the ground below.
In the video, which was viewed more than 120,000 times, pulsing music beats in the background as the words STEALTH, READY and LETHAL flash across the screen in white block letters.
#TimesSquare tradition rings in the #NewYear by dropping the big ball...if ever needed, we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger, the tweet said, adding the hashtags: #Deterrence #Assurance #CombatReadyForce #PeaceIsOurProfession.
A spokeswoman for the Strategic Command said the post was part of our Year in Review series meant to feature our command priorities: strategic deterrence, decisive response and combat-ready force.
It was a repost from earlier in the year, dropping a pair of conventional Massive Ordnance Penetrators at a test range in the United States, she said in a statement that did not elaborate...
read: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/strategic-command-bomb-video.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes
Happy New Year!!
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Military Deletes New Year's Eve Tweet Saying It's 'Ready to Drop Something' (Original Post)
bigtree
Jan 2019
OP
Given who is 'Commander in Chief' that's a pretty disturbing message for them to be putting out
Siwsan
Jan 2019
#1
Can someone please tell me why the strategic command would be tweeting out anything at all?
UniteFightBack
Jan 2019
#6
Siwsan
(26,288 posts)1. Given who is 'Commander in Chief' that's a pretty disturbing message for them to be putting out
bigtree
(86,005 posts)2. same day I think
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,157 posts)5. Indeed.
David__77
(23,471 posts)3. Not good.
That strikes me as unprofessional.
Delphinus
(11,840 posts)4. Me too.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)6. Can someone please tell me why the strategic command would be tweeting out anything at all?
They tweet for holidays? This tweeting crap just degrades and they should cease this.