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Cold War: Breach of the Fulda Gap Scenario
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Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View PostIn theory yes but what really was stopping those Germans F-4s and Canadian CF-104s from going on their merry way except orders?No such thing as a good tax - Churchill
To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.
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The dual key is that the US controls the warheads and the allied country controls the delivery vehicles. American servicemen are the only ones who can armed the nukes to be delivered by allied delivery vehicles.
However, up until the late 70s, nukes were controlled by a physical key. The keys were kept at the base where the nukes were stored. When the nukes were mounted onto their delivery vehicles for an armed patrol, it was general practice to arm them.
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Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View PostThe keys were kept at the base where the nukes were stored.
Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View PostIn theory yes but what really was stopping those Germans F-4s and Canadian CF-104s from going on their merry way except orders?Last edited by kato; 16 Apr 12,, 20:03.
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Originally posted by Officer of Engineers View PostNukes are meant for assembly points and most of those are on WP soil.Last edited by 1979; 16 Apr 12,, 20:16.J'ai en marre.
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Originally posted by kato View PostHowever, in general nukes weren't kept at the same base as their delivery vehicles with the exception of the QRA-N deployments.
Originally posted by kato View PostThe fact that German F-4s aren't nuke-capableLast edited by 1979; 16 Apr 12,, 20:18.J'ai en marre.
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Originally posted by 1979 View Postmakes sense , that way you need to target both the nukes and the delivery means instead of taking them out with one blow.No such thing as a good tax - Churchill
To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.
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Originally posted by 1979 View PostBut they do not have the fancy delivery systems, (no Pershing, no Lance), honest johns and artillery shells can reach 20 -30 km inside enemy territory and fighter bombers with free fall bombs have to punch trough enemy air defenses, which leads me to believe there were meant to be used on Turkish soil.
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Originally posted by kato View PostHowever, in general nukes weren't kept at the same base as their delivery vehicles with the exception of the QRA-N deployments. "Armed Patrol" in the case of a German QRA-N meant that armed nukes were hanging from a F-104G (or later a Tornado) which was guarded by US soldiers, both aircraft and soldiers sitting in a shelter that was itself guarded by German soldiers. Same for e.g. German Nike Hercules batteries on nuclear alert.
Originally posted by kato View PostThe fact that German F-4s aren't nuke-capable
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