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TexasProgresive

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8. Headline is a bit hyped. Yes the B-52, B-1 and B-2 bombers can carry nuclear bombs

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Fri Mar 10, 2017, 09:07 PM

Mar 2017

But they have been used to carry conventional weapons in every conflict that we have been in under Clinton, Bush and Obama. So does the Sun have info that they are deploying nuclear weapons to S. Korea or are they just stirring a pot of shit?

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Obama might have done the same. nycbos Mar 2017 #1

Indeed. Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #3

Perhaps... Moostache Mar 2017 #4

That doesn't sound like an Obama move. Gore1FL Mar 2017 #23

For Obama nukes would be a deterrent and never a first strike. Trump applegrove Mar 2017 #26

Putting them in Korea is ridiculous. Might as well put bullseyes on them. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #2

holy shit luvMIdog Mar 2017 #5

It does seem very provocative in that... wcmagumba Mar 2017 #6

I am only seeing this reported inanna Mar 2017 #7

Good point! red dog 1 Mar 2017 #11

Headline is a bit hyped. Yes the B-52, B-1 and B-2 bombers can carry nuclear bombs TexasProgresive Mar 2017 #8

They are stirring up a pot of shit. If the bombers are in the area, it is highly still_one Mar 2017 #18

But I thought Trump said he would not ever "tell" the enemy what he was going to do? JoeOtterbein Mar 2017 #9

North Korea did not fire missiles at Japan! The missiles were INTO the Sea of Japan. The UK media is Fred Sanders Mar 2017 #10

Exactly Fred. That is the tabloid Sun, which used to be, I don't know if it still still_one Mar 2017 #14

UK Sun is a tabloid. The headline is implying that these B52's are loaded with still_one Mar 2017 #12

This crazy bastard doesn't have the first clue what he's doing. Dave Starsky Mar 2017 #13

I've always thought Trump's first big military action would be to nuke North Korea's ICBM sites LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2017 #15

Why aren't other news sites reporting this story? red dog 1 Mar 2017 #16

If true, what about security? Marthe48 Mar 2017 #17

Even China is putting pressure on Li'l Kim to cool it Warpy Mar 2017 #19

I always thought that North Korea would be the ones to use an EMP nuke if anything. mackdaddy Mar 2017 #20

nuclear bombs and the airplanes that can carry them are two different things. olddad56 Mar 2017 #21

Here's more on this, I have no idea if the source is good or not. RKP5637 Mar 2017 #22

that is even more bullshit than the Sun still_one Mar 2017 #24

Right leaning publication, but they suggest the planes are part of the annual Foal Eagle exercise... Brother Buzz Mar 2017 #25

The UK Sun should not be allowed as a reliable source for LBN. still_one Mar 2017 #27

They could blow B52s out of the sky with ease. The_Casual_Observer Mar 2017 #28