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IHateYou 08-09-2017 09:38 AM

You're gonna be ok.

Packrat 08-09-2017 10:36 AM

If there was such a thing, DEN would get it in spades...Cheyenne Mountain is just down the road.

Winston 08-09-2017 11:03 AM


Originally Posted by Packrat (Post 2407221)
If there was such a thing, DEN would get it in spades...Cheyenne Mountain is just down the road.

Not much to hit there these days: From what I've read (despite its Cold War fame), for the past decade Cheyenne Mountain has been operated by a skeleton crew and is only kept on "warm standby" as an alternate NORAD headquarters.

Military to put Cheyenne Mountain on standby ? The Denver Post

Packrat 08-09-2017 12:37 PM

You still have to hit the secondary targets.

Nevjets 08-09-2017 12:59 PM


Originally Posted by Packrat (Post 2407280)
You still have to hit the secondary targets.



There's no point. That's why it's inside a mountain.

awax 08-09-2017 01:18 PM


Originally Posted by tomgoodman (Post 2407004)
Is that in addition to the "Island flip-over hazard pay"? :p

And many more hits......

https://youtu.be/QRmYlCJ70z8

Georgia's 4th Congressional District electorate deserves all the credit for that. Congressman Johnson's April 2010 Guam statement was made while he was serving a term to which he was elected in 2008. Checking wiki, he was elected in 2008 with a 99.9% margin (unopposed), after his Guam statement in April, he was re-elected in Nov. 2010 in a 74% landslide.

Way to go Atlanta, thanks for the laughs.

I guess the real question is; "will Guam capsize from all the heavy metals present in a nuclear detonation?"

badflaps 08-09-2017 01:21 PM


Originally Posted by Vincent Chase (Post 2407198)
You gotta love how the Admiral keeps a straight face when he explains they don't anticipate the island flipping over!

You truly must be a politician to be a flag officer. I'd have laughed in Mr. Hanky's face.

Maxine and Elison 2020...

Bruno82 08-09-2017 01:41 PM

I doubt they nuke Guam. They'll just use one of their diesel subs to launch a torpedo, break her keel and sink her.

DoubtingThomas 08-09-2017 03:38 PM

There will be a massive, life changing seismic event/earthquake on the West Coast before there will ever be an attack on Guam. Maybe you should worry about that too.

Dave Fitzgerald 08-10-2017 10:10 PM

Now, lets get real, we are talking about Guam. Realistically, how much do 4 missals cost? Is Guam worth it? I get there regularly. Doesn't look like it to me.


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