This news is now 2 days old, meaning it's not breaking, or anything. However, now with another article that's been posted, This may be bigger news
than originally thought. How strange that a massive explosives test would be scheduled for a month hence, just hours after the facility would change
management. Perhaps there is more here than meets the eye.
www.irconnect.com
March 29—The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a Northrop Grumman-led joint venture a five-year, $2.5 billion contract for the management and
operation of its Nevada Test Site. Work will include management of the nuclear explosives safety team which supports the department’s efforts to
prevent or slow the spread of nuclear weapons, while bolstering its counter-terrorism mission. The contract will also support hazardous chemical spill
testing, emergency response training and conventional weapons testing.
Please visit the link provided for the complete story.
Perhaps Northrop Grumman has developed some new type of conventional explosive that the Government is looking into purchasing?
I think it's interesting to note (albeit it's speculative) that Northrop Grumman acquired Fibersense Technology Corp, less than 4 years ago.
Fibersense specializes in ``precision fiber optic gyroscopes, inertial measurement units, and sensor components for missile, aircraft, sea, and land
applications'' Also recent acquisitions: Xontech, Illgen Simulation Technologies, and Aerojet General Corporation's Electronics and Information
Systems Group, ``Manufacturer of spaceborne sensors for early warning systems, weather systems, and ground systems; builder of "smart" weapons
technology for U.S. defense programs''
Hard to see who is benefitting more from this contract, Grumman, or the Government. As I stated earlier, pure speculation, but with the
technology behind Grumman, It wouldn't startle me in the least if they'd discovered some sort of nuclear device that could go unnoticed under the
Nuclear Test Ban treaty, or some sort of revolutionary guidance system associated with conventional explosives. Time will tell on this one, but we
know from experience that nothing is as it seems on the surface. I'll be following this story intensively.
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