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Send a HeroBox Care Package Today!ANALYSIS โ We have recently been seeing quite a bit of news about U.S. and Russian โdoomsday' planes. These are the special, hardened command and control aircraft tasked with coordinating a nuclear war from the skies by the nations' top leadership.
Both the United States and the Russian Federation have them, and with the saber-rattling coming from both Russia and North Korea, and maybe soon Iran, they have been getting a lot of press.
The most recent reportsย notedย thatย a planned flyover by a Russian โDoomsday' plane designed to protectย Vladimir Putinย in the event of a nuclear attack was dropped fromย Russia's May 9 Victoria Day parade.
The modified Ilyushin Il-80 aircraft, nicknamed โthe flying Kremlin,' which features a large dome at the top front of the aircraft, reportedly to protect it from electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks, was expected to make a flyover past Red Square during celebrations, but its flight was canceled because of โadverse weather conditions.'
This excuse was given by Russia despite the fact that video and photos from Moscow that morning showed blue skies and light clouds. Some experts believe the flyovers could have been canceled due to security concerns.
The ominous Soviet-era aircraft was scheduled to be accompanied by two MiG-29s jet fighters and Tu-96 โBear' and Tu-160 โWhite Swan' nuclear-capable bombers.
I wrote about Russia's Doomsday planesย in October 2020, noting that Moscow had announced plans to replace the Il-80 aircraft with much newer and more advanced quad jet planes based on theย II-96-400M model built by Russia'sย United Aircraft Corporation (UAC).
There were alsoย reports in late Marchย of the U.S. โdoomsday' plane, officially known as theย National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC), a converted Boeing 747 (E-4B) plane codenamed โNightwatch,' seen flying over the English Channel.ย The plane, one of four in the U.S. fleet, also known as โthe flying Pentagon,' was believed to be headed for Royal Air Force (RAF) base Mildenhall.
The U.S. Air Force's nuclear-bomb-resistant aircraftย also tookย to the skies for a brief training mission on Feb. 28, shortly after Putin announced he would be putting his country's nuclear forces on high alert in conjunction with his Ukraine invasion.
One important distinction worth noting is that, whileย the E-4B is a flying command center for civilian leadership and can talk to nuclear bombers, missiles, and submarines, only the Navy's E-6B Mercury aircraft can order those nukes to launch.
Hence it was interesting to see that The Warzoneย recently reportedย that the Navy is buying three extended-length C-130J-30s for testing as a replacement for its 16 Mercury โTake Charge and Move Outโ (TACAMO) planes, while the Air Force is still considering its options for a new Nightwatch.
Bottom line, with nuclear tensions rising with Russia, and other nuclear powers worldwide, we may be seeing a lot more news on these menacing aircraft in the coming weeks and months.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions ofย American Liberty News.
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Sooo, afterwards they land in radioactive dirt.
No power, no water, no normal anything.
What’s next? They walk to the bunker and grab a beer?