B2 bomber secrets sold to 3 countries

[Dan Hollister]

Well, some idiot has decided that putting our entire country in jeopardy is worth a few bucks. This guy sold secrets about the B2 bomber to 3 different countries.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-10-27T203916Z_01_KRA773533_RTRUKOC_0_U S-CRIME-STEALTH.xml

I don't get it. I know people are greedy, and that people like money, but is it really worth putting hundreds of millions of lives at risk? This is just... so wrong. I can't even say anything else.

[A picasso blue]

hey remember when we sold those weapons to Saddam? that was great. good times

[open mind]

Well, some idiot has decided that putting our entire country in jeopardy is worth a few bucks. This guy sold secrets about the B2 bomber to 3 different countries.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-10-27T203916Z_01_KRA773533_RTRUKOC_0_U S-CRIME-STEALTH.xml

I don't get it. I know people are greedy, and that people like money, but is it really worth putting hundreds of millions of lives at risk? This is just... so wrong. I can't even say anything else.
at least someone besides the arms industry is making money on this, and i bet he didn't even charge hundreds of billions on the taxpayers tab. :thumbsup:
and no i'm not really serious.

[VinnyVegas]

The government should worry about the people they don't catch, not the people they do. I'm glad they caught him, but there are still many more like him.

[FScott]

hey remember when we sold those weapons to Saddam? that was great. good times
Was that when Regan was in office?

[A picasso blue]

Was that when Regan was in office?yep.

and we also gave him the key to the city of Detroit. i kid you not

[open mind]

yep.

and we also gave him the key to the city of Detroit. i kid you not
that explains alot (although i doubt that really happened, if it did i'd like to see the pics just for laughs)

[yeat182]

yep.

and we also gave him the key to the city of Detroit. i kid you not

to be accurate, more than two decades ago, when Hussein first became president of Iraq he donated millions of dollars to a church in detroit, and so they mayor, as a sign of appreciation, gave him the keys to the city.

[A picasso blue]

to be accurate, more than two decades ago, when Hussein first became president of Iraq he donated millions of dollars to a church in detroit, and so they mayor, as a sign of appreciation, gave him the keys to the city.yeah



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[USAFDave]

hmm B-2... i'm a little more worried about Venezuela threatening to sell F-16s to China and Cuba...
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/11/01/venezuela.jets.ap/index.html

[Dan Hollister]

Haha, the B2 is much much more dangerous for people to know about than the F-16. The F-16 is not a terribly dangerous aircraft, to us or anyone else. And it's definitely not stealth.

The B2 is, as of yet, still completely classified, even to most of our own government. It's an aircraft meant for stealth, and carries out that function very well. It would be a disaster for anyone to know about it. Whereas the F-16 is old news, it's not really a threat. It's not like you can't shoot it down already.

[Slater]

hmm B-2... i'm a little more worried about Venezuela threatening to sell F-16s to China and Cuba...
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/11/01/venezuela.jets.ap/index.html

As a USAF vet (or currently serving.... either way, thanks), you should already know that the F-16 that we sell to foreign customers is a stripped down version (rudimentary rader and electronics suite).

[USAFDave]

Haha i think i know what a B-2 is... Got briefed by the Chief of Staff yesterday... its gonna be replaced before too too long. The F-117 does most of the initial precision boming before we have secured air superiority (actually needing stealth) anyways... I know that we dont sell them top of the line F-16s, but with the newer model jets coming out of Russia and the east, and no fully combat ready F-22s yet, i dont like them having a full plane to check out. If a MiG could take out an F-15 in gulf war I, they can take out a 16. Dogfighting is a thing of the past. Anti-heat seaking tech on the B-2? Well they have to know its in the sky before they can scramble a jet to even try and shoot it down...

and thanks for the thanks, its so refreshing to see someone supportive in indie/punk/emo community that cares about the troops!

[apex]

Well, some idiot has decided that putting our entire country in jeopardy is worth a few bucks.

Oh the things this sentence could mean.

[Slater]

Haha i think i know what a B-2 is... Got briefed by the Chief of Staff yesterday... its gonna be replaced before too too long. The F-117 does most of the initial precision boming before we have secured air superiority (actually needing stealth) anyways... I know that we dont sell them top of the line F-16s, but with the newer model jets coming out of Russia and the east, and no fully combat ready F-22s yet, i dont like them having a full plane to check out. If a MiG could take out an F-15 in gulf war I, they can take out a 16. Dogfighting is a thing of the past. Anti-heat seaking tech on the B-2? Well they have to know its in the sky before they can scramble a jet to even try and shoot it down...

and thanks for the thanks, its so refreshing to see someone supportive in indie/punk/emo community that cares about the troops!

Well, as a former USMC Sergeant, I've walked a couple of miles in your shoes. I agree with you whole-heartedly...... We need to get as many F-22s fielded ASAP. With jets like the SU-31 coming out of Russia, as well as the new Eurofighter, we need something to maintain our Air Superiority during drawn out engagements.

[soma]

to be accurate, more than two decades ago, when Hussein first became president of Iraq he donated millions of dollars to a church in detroit, and so they mayor, as a sign of appreciation, gave him the keys to the city. what i want to know is what that church did with millions of dollars.