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Warzone/The Drive: Last Night We Heard What It Sounds Like Just Before A B-52 Begins The End Of The World

A portion of America's nuclear bomber force was airborne last night as part of a drill which included Emergency Action Message transmissions.

Late last night, a nuclear bomber exercise was underway off both of America's seaboards. B-52Hs, B-2As, and E-6Bs headed out into the darkness to practice the apocalypse—a highly necessary training event in an era of great power competition (using the Pentagon's own terminology). The exercise also acts as a glaring reminder to America's enemies that its bombers are ready and able to deliver thermonuclear warheads around the globe.

One of these flights, aptly titled DOOM 61, was orbiting out over the Pacific Ocean, off the Oregon and Washington coast. A radio and Boeing aircraft enthusiast was listening and recording its unencrypted communications, which included the read-back of a long alphanumeric Emergency Action Message code. You can listen to this audio here and linked in the tweet below.

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WNU Editor: I saw the above video years ago .... and it still gives me the chills now.