Nuclear security

Looming Nuke Alert a ‘Major Escalation of US Nuclear War Readiness’

Reports that the US is preparing to put B-52 nuclear bombers on 24-hour alert are nothing short of a “major escalation of US nuclear war readiness,” Kevin Kamps, radioactive waste watchdog at Beyond Nuclear said on Monday’s episode of Loud & Clear.

On Sunday evening, Defense One broke a major story that the US Air Force is getting ready for round-the-clock nuclear readiness. "I look at it more as not planning for any specific event, but more as the reality of the global situation we find ourselves in," said Gen. David Goldfein, chief of staff for the Air Force.

"I'm racking my brains trying to think of a reason, other than to threaten North Korea, for the military to take an action like this," said John Kiriakou, veteran CIA intelligence analyst and Loud & Clear co-host.