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originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Willtell
And there will be a lot of evidence. You don't just grab a nuclear weapon and wheel it out without there being witnesses, and a paper trail. Those forces guarding them are trained not to let just anyone near them, and even the people that are allowed to go near them have to have verification to get anywhere near them and through them.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: crazyewok
The problem will be sneaking airlift in to get them, loading them, and getting out. There are a lot of Turkish forces there too. They might be able to get in in the middle of the night with something and yank them fast, but it's going to be a tough mission.
In an indirect hint that the Incirlik airbase may indeed be held hostage, the minister said soldiers at the base in southern Turkey, used by the U.S. military to conduct air strikes against the Islamic State, had been involved in the coup attempt and that arrests had been made.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: crazyewok
They could pull the cores, and take the cores out without anyone being the wiser. Pack them into cases for other equipment, load them on an aircraft after they're allowed out, or even to store them, and the weapons are useless.
Cleric speaks to reporters including Guardian at Pennsylvania compound Kerry:
Turkey should present ‘evidence’ to back any extradition request Pentagon loses airspace access crucial in airstrikes against Isis targets Opinion:
Turkey was already undergoing a coup – by Erdoğan
Fethullah Gülen, the reclusive cleric blamed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the failed coup in Turkey, believes the uprising by members of the country’s military could have been “staged” by the government it aimed to overthrow. Pentagon loses Turkish airspace access crucial in airstrikes against Isis Read more In a rare and brief interview on Saturday with a small group of journalists at his residence in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, Gülen rejected all accusations that he was behind the coup attempt. “I don’t believe that the world believes the accusations made by President Erdoğan,” Gülen said. “There is a possibility that it could be a staged coup and it could be meant for further accusations [against the Gülenists].”
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: crazyewok
Their contingency plans have triple contingency plans. If they have to they'll fight their way in, get the weapons secured, and fight their way out, although obviously that's a last resort.