The H-Bombs in Turkey

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Post by tosseraccount » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 1:59 PM UTC

The H-Bombs in Turkey
newyorker.com

Re: The H-Bombs in Turkey

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Post by ccozan » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 3:19 PM UTC

Quote "...it does not have any American or Turkish aircraft equipped to deliver them. "

What kind of aircraft would be that?

Re: The H-Bombs in Turkey

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Post by valarauca1 » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 3:29 PM UTC

ccozan wrote: post #2

Quote "...it does not have any American or Turkish aircraft equipped to deliver them. " What kind of aircraft would be that?

>it does not have any American or Turkish aircraft equipped to deliver them.

This is a lie. B-61's mount on to any NATO MIL-STD-8591 hard point. Any F-15, F-18 can mount and fire B61's without any modification.

Re: The H-Bombs in Turkey

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Post by showerst » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 3:30 PM UTC

While still concerning, they really buried a key detail: "About two thousand U.S. military personnel remain stationed there."

Re: The H-Bombs in Turkey

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Post by arethuza » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 3:32 PM UTC

valarauca1 wrote: post #3

ccozan wrote: post #2

Quote "...it does not have any American or Turkish aircraft equipped to deliver them. " What kind of aircraft would be that?

>it does not have any American or Turkish aircraft equipped to deliver them. This is a lie. B-61's mount on to any NATO MIL-STD-8591 hard point. Any F-15, F-18 can mount and fire B61's without any modification.

Out of interest, at what time is the PAL (presumably a code?) entered in one of these bombs? Is it done in flight or before the weapons are loaded?

Re: The H-Bombs in Turkey

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 3:36 PM UTC

ccozan wrote: post #2

Quote "...it does not have any American or Turkish aircraft equipped to deliver them. " What kind of aircraft would be that?

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Re: The H-Bombs in Turkey

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Post by Shivetya » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 3:37 PM UTC

ccozan wrote: post #2

Quote "...it does not have any American or Turkish aircraft equipped to deliver them. " What kind of aircraft would be that?

F15s, F16s, and many aircraft that the Navy uses. Still I would think that its high time to get them out of Turkey with the stability of the region in question, let alone the debate on whether or not the coup was staged

Re: The H-Bombs in Turkey

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Post by venomsnake » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 3:38 PM UTC

showerst wrote: post #4

While still concerning, they really buried a key detail: "About two thousand U.S. military personnel remain stationed there."

How long will they hold in case of an ally betrayal? In the unlikely event of having crazy Islamist dictator with imperial ambitions as the God Emperor of Turkey?

Re: The H-Bombs in Turkey

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Post by idlewords » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 3:40 PM UTC

valarauca1 wrote: post #3

ccozan wrote: post #2

Quote "...it does not have any American or Turkish aircraft equipped to deliver them. " What kind of aircraft would be that?

>it does not have any American or Turkish aircraft equipped to deliver them. This is a lie. B-61's mount on to any NATO MIL-STD-8591 hard point. Any F-15, F-18 can mount and fire B61's without any modification.

My take was the author meant no aircraft with the range to drop them on Russian targets.

The New Yorker is pretty obsessive about fact-checking, so I think calling a statement like this a lie is an uncharitable reading.

Re: The H-Bombs in Turkey

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Post by valarauca1 » Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 3:40 PM UTC

arethuza wrote: post #5

valarauca1 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>it does not have any American or Turkish aircraft equipped to deliver them. This is a lie. B-61's mount on to any NATO MIL-STD-8591 hard point. Any F-15, F-18 can mount and fire B61's without any modification.

Out of interest, at what time is the PAL (presumably a code?) entered in one of these bombs? Is it done in flight or before the weapons are loaded?

I don't know to be honest.

To speculate the B61 is a dumb bomb. And most photo's of the casing show no plug/contact point for electronics. I'm assuming at take off. When the neutron reflector's distance is set, and the barometric pressure for denotation height is calibrated.