Most Expensive Crash In History!
February 25th 2008 04:01
Last Saturday, 23 of February 2008, the world barely acknowledged the most expensive air crash in the history of aviation. ONE $BILLION ($US) of air accident occurred on Guam, in our neck of the woods. It was a B2 Stealth Bomber, which allegedly dropped as it took off from the US Air base there. This US base has had a lot of activity over the last couple of years.
While we were snoozing, our buddies in The States were building up a rather powerful strike force on Guam.
A small fleet of B2s, nuclear subs, destroyers and all manner of hardware, were suddenly all harboured at Guam, nothing permanent allegedly, just an exercise , but one that would have made China a little tense I imagine!
The B2s were actually in the process of flying home last Saturday, until the first one dropped. The pilots ejected safely, although one was kept in hospital.
Now the B52s have arrived in Guam...
...no I do not think it is the rock group being sent to cheer the poor pilots up, six B52s have arrived to fill the 'bomber gap', which is odd, for if it was just an exercise, and they were packing up, why send in the old war horses, the B52s?
Anyhoo, I don't think I'd like to be one of those hapless pilots, for there were only 21 B2 Stealth Bombers in the world, now 20 are left. The production line, according to various military pundits, has been closed and would take at least two billion US dollars to reactivate, then there is the question of how long and whether they could do it anyway.
All a moot point considering they have 20 left...more than enough to cover the globe and destroy everything on it!!
A cheery thought!
More to come, and frankly, much less 'cheery' than this post....coming up..."Indonesia's military build up!!"
ARTICLE AND PHOTO CREDITS: ASSOC. PRESS, FOX NEWS.COM, GUARDIAN, AP Photo/U.S. Air Force photo AP Photo/Department of Defense, LINK: diggerhistory.info , defencetalk.com
B2 Crash at Guam 23-2-2008
While we were snoozing, our buddies in The States were building up a rather powerful strike force on Guam.
A small fleet of B2s, nuclear subs, destroyers and all manner of hardware, were suddenly all harboured at Guam, nothing permanent allegedly, just an exercise , but one that would have made China a little tense I imagine!
Beautifully terrifying, the B2, over Guam
The B2s were actually in the process of flying home last Saturday, until the first one dropped. The pilots ejected safely, although one was kept in hospital.
Now the B52s have arrived in Guam...
The B52s Rock Group!
...no I do not think it is the rock group being sent to cheer the poor pilots up, six B52s have arrived to fill the 'bomber gap', which is odd, for if it was just an exercise, and they were packing up, why send in the old war horses, the B52s?
B52 Bomber, a powerful long life workhorse!
Anyhoo, I don't think I'd like to be one of those hapless pilots, for there were only 21 B2 Stealth Bombers in the world, now 20 are left. The production line, according to various military pundits, has been closed and would take at least two billion US dollars to reactivate, then there is the question of how long and whether they could do it anyway.
All a moot point considering they have 20 left...more than enough to cover the globe and destroy everything on it!!
B2 in the blue
A cheery thought!
More to come, and frankly, much less 'cheery' than this post....coming up..."Indonesia's military build up!!"
Another Indonesian Acquisition!
ARTICLE AND PHOTO CREDITS: ASSOC. PRESS, FOX NEWS.COM, GUARDIAN, AP Photo/U.S. Air Force photo AP Photo/Department of Defense, LINK: diggerhistory.info , defencetalk.com
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Comment by Mountain Fog
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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
thanks for commenting, actually, I am in no way 'in the loop', so I am making assumptions based on limited research and a historical perspective.
However, I am good at looking across issues, and frankly, we need to not just blindly trust any government, but challenge them constantly, so we do not continue to remain in the military malaise our country has been experiencing over the last 30 years or so.
I am someone who prefers peace to war, however, we can only assure peace and protection for our neighbours, like PNG, Fiji, Solomons etc, if we are able to effectively protect them, and ourselves, by acquisition of superior deterrents.
Such deterrents, by their nature, usually dissuade other aggressive nations to keep to themselves.
Not all of our northerly neighbours really care about our needs, or those of other nations, and in the years since the end of WW2, in our area, many small sovereign states have been usurped and assimilated, and we have remained silent, even when our own people have been targeted and murdered.
Behind all this is the desire for minerals and oil, not a new story.
cheers
fog