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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social

As a result of this BENT SPEAR incident, the secretary of the Air Force and US Air Force chief of staff resigned, 7 senior USAF officers were relieved of their commands or positions and reassigned, and 65 airmen lost their Personnel Reliability Program certifications to work with nuclear weapons.

aug 29, 2025, 2:47 pm • 25 3

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Susan Despres @susandespres.bsky.social

I miss consequences.

aug 30, 2025, 1:29 pm • 8 0 • view
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Alastair Baker @alastairbaker1.bsky.social

fair enough like

aug 29, 2025, 3:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Poilu @poilu.bsky.social

At least some heads rolled. Not like Gabbard exposing an undercover CIA agent.

aug 29, 2025, 8:12 pm • 0 0 • view
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Gen Zod @genzod.bsky.social

Gabbard is LITERALLY working for Putin. Treason isn’t a big enough word.

aug 30, 2025, 9:29 am • 1 0 • view
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Poilu @poilu.bsky.social

You're not lying. I could say prostitution, but that's assuming money changed hands. I'm not sure that part would be true.

aug 30, 2025, 3:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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John P @johnpalkovic.bsky.social

Well, it's not like they accidentally released a hydrogen bomb. Which has happened more than once. "Command and Control" by Schlosser has the details.

aug 29, 2025, 3:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social

No, it's not as bad as those catastrophic accidents. But it could have been, especially if the aircraft had caught fire or crashed and no one in the air or on the ground was aware it was carrying six thermonuclear weapons.

aug 29, 2025, 3:11 pm • 2 0 • view
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John P @johnpalkovic.bsky.social

I agree. Reading that book was a shocker for me.

aug 29, 2025, 3:13 pm • 0 0 • view