A Facebook photo posted in 2013 shows US soldiers posing with what appears to be a dummy nuclear weapon at Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands.
* American soldiers stationed at military bases in Europe armed with nuclear weapons have been unknowingly sharing secret protocols and base details
* Military personnel used flashcard apps to study and memorize the details of the nuclear weapon systems
* They failed to realize the flashcards containing highly confidential information was available online which anyone could look up
* Flashcards contained details including info helping soldiers remember which vaults within a base contained nuclear weapons and which ones were empty
* By simply looking up the names of specific bases thought to contain nuclear weapons details including about passwords, security procedures were revealed
* Locations of security cameras and duress signal words soldiers can use when compromised were also included
* The flashcards dated back to 2013 but some were as recent as April 2021
* Bellingcat then cross-referenced data from the flashcards with other reports and images shared online by soldiers themselves to verify existence of nuclear vaults
* All flashcards have since been deleted after the military were asked for comment
American soldiers relied on apps to study and memorize the details of the nuclear weapon systems for at least eight years without realizing that the highly confidential information also was available online for anyone to look up.
Soldiers stationed on European bases that host nuclear weapons unwittingly exposed a number of sensitive details through apps that made top secret information appear publicly in online searches.
The details included classified locations of nuclear weapons on bases, and secret code and duress words that are supposed to be only known to members of the military.
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6 comments:
Is it a mistake? Well, doing it make European's more aware of what the danger is.
It also has the potential of making Americans more aware of what the dangers are. We are so intertwined with these Europeans that should they go to war we are likely to get pulled I'm whether it's consistent with our interests or not. I'm seeing a huge commitment on our part towards various allies. I'm not seeing so much flowing in the other direction.
Everyone knows a lot of US bases overseas have nukes, they need better OPSEC but its not a game changer
While I don't typically like game analogies when dealing with things as serious as war, I agree not a game changer changer but it is further illustration of the complete inability of US personnel to keep secrets. Our government leaks like a sieve. In this environment, no one is going to trust us with valuable Intel even if we need it. The risk is simply to great.
Not only are you slow, but you are boring, too.
Whose slow? A problem with the analysis, it can be discussed. This is how we learn!! It's obvious US leadership doesn't do a good job at keeping secrets.
If you think this isn't a serious issue, I can't help you. If a foreign government has Intel that may be crucial to saving American lives knowing how unreliable our government is with sensitive information, they are going to be reluctant to share it with us. Apparently you don't understand the magnitude of this. I'd say this makes you slow. Perhaps you aren't even American.
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