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0 pointsjsprogrammer9y ago0 comments

Why would the weapons need to get out? Why wouldn't the weapons be equipped with a self-destruct, or self-disablement mechanism? Why wouldn't the US destroy the facility if there was a risk of the weapons being used?

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jacquesm9y ago

> Why would the weapons need to get out?

Non-proliferation, for one. If Turkey goes hardline Islamic and it would get its hands on those weapons that would make it yet another hard to predict factor in Middle-East politics.

> Why wouldn't the weapons be equipped with a self-destruct, or self-disablement mechanism?

Anything that can be added can be removed and likely such mechanisms would not work (for obvious reasons) by remote control.

> Why wouldn't the US destroy the facility if there was a risk of the weapons being used?

Because they were too busy saving their asses? Because raining bombs on Turkey would probably not be a better solution than getting those weapons out while it was still possible?

jsprogrammerOP9y ago

>Anything that can be added can be removed and likely such mechanisms would not work (for obvious reasons) by remote control.

Surely the 2000 troops would be able to initiate a self-destruct sequence before being overtaken. I'm sure there are already protocols in place. The mechanism would likely not be remote control, but hard-wired into the facility.

>Because they were too busy saving their asses? Because raining bombs on Turkey would probably not be a better solution than getting those weapons out while it was still possible?

You posited a situation where the US troops were already overtaken. In such a situation, the US probably would have already launched a strike that would destroy the facility <30 minutes from authorization.

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