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There is also a whole rabbit hole you can go down researching continuity of government. Current plans are obviously highly classified but you can start to get a sense if you look at what has been declassified from the past and what happened during events like 9/11.
However, Offutt is one of the most secure domestic installations in our military for this reason and it’s located in the middle of the country to make it harder to attack.
History lesson: Bush went to Offutt on 9/11 to access USSTRATCOM and the 55th because it was safe and had the intelligence.
Let me caveat, I can’t answer with 100% certainty.
But the E-6 is supplemental to USSTRATCOM which is at Offutt AFB in Omaha, NE. If the plane was shot down, they would roll back to less reliable alternatives.
Now if Offutt and the E-6 were destroyed, who knows the procedures. That’s classified.
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That's what is commonly known as "having a big problem."
But moments like this raise a bigger issue: when tensions escalate this quickly, the American people deserve transparency and Congress must exercise its constitutional authority over war.
Escalation without oversight is how nations stumble into dangerous wars with global consequences.
If you start seeing multiple E-4 aircraft airborne or relocating away from Washington, that’s when we might begin to worry about strategic escalation.
Right now, an E-6 deployment looks far more like standard strategic communications planning during a crisis than a signal of imminent nuclear war.
The aircraft people should watch more closely in a major escalation is the Boeing E-4B Nightwatch.
The E-4 is essentially a flying command center for the U.S. government. It’s designed to keep leadership connected and in control if ground command infrastructure is destroyed.
In fact, E-6 aircraft deployed during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. They were used to relay communications when ground systems couldn’t reach.
So seeing one deployed during a crisis isn’t unprecedented. It’s part of ensuring military command and communications remain intact during operations.
The Boeing E-6B Mercury is primarily a communications aircraft. Its mission is to maintain secure contact with U.S. nuclear submarines and strategic forces if ground systems are disrupted during major military operations.
Despite the nickname, it isn’t only for nuclear war.
You may be seeing posts about the “Doomsday Plane” (E-6B Mercury) moving toward the Middle East and claims that it means nuclear war is imminent.
Let’s add some context. 🧵
The Nikkei just keeps getting worse.
That’s not a good sign for the U.S. market open in the morning.
When Asia sells off this hard, it usually means global markets are bracing for something bigger.
Americans don’t want another war in the Middle East.
Yet powerful lobbying groups like AIPAC are cheering escalation while politicians take their money.
When campaign cash and foreign policy collide, the American people pay the price.
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That’s why the most likely path forward (a prolonged, unresolved conflict) may also be the most dangerous one with the worst possible outcomes.
Not because it’s dramatic, because it’s slow, unpredictable, and incredibly hard to stop once it begins.
It’s not too late to stop this, if we act now.
The real danger isn’t one catastrophic decision.
It’s a series of smaller decisions that gradually lock everyone into a war no one initially intended to fight.
We’ve seen this pattern before.
Wars don’t start as world wars. They become them through escalation over a period of time.
A missile lands in the wrong place.
A proxy group goes too far.
A retaliatory strike crosses a red line.
That’s how conflicts spiral.
Iran has been analyzing this for decades, calculating the impact of every decision, analyzing the best scenarios.
Our current leadership is ignoring our experts.
The Strait of Hormuz carries a massive portion of the world’s oil supply. Disruptions there don’t stay regional; they’ll ripple through global markets, supply chains, and energy prices, causing widespread economic issues.
And every round of escalation increases the risk of miscalculation.
That means attacks on bases.
Attacks on shipping.
Cyber operations.
Escalation through militias and allied groups.
Meanwhile, global consequences begin almost immediately and won’t be discriminate. That’s their primary objective, to inflict pain on everyone and label us as the global villain.
The problem is that “limited war” rarely stays limited.
Iran has a network of regional allies and proxies capable of targeting our military, shipping routes, and infrastructure across the region. Even if we avoid a ground invasion, retaliation can spread across multiple countries at once.
History shows wars like this rarely jump immediately to their most extreme scenarios. Instead, they unfold cyclically: retaliation, counter-retaliation, limited strikes, proxy attacks, economic pressure, and political brinkmanship.
That’s the pattern we’ve seen for decades across the Middle East.
The most likely outcome of the US/Israel War on Iran isn’t “retreat,” invasion, or nuclear war.
It’s something far more dangerous but yet incredibly familiar to a lot of us: prolonged escalation.
Let’s break this down in a 🧵.
If Democratic Senators are leaving briefings saying “it’s much worse than you think,” then stop whispering to reporters and tell the country what’s happening. Vague warnings don’t save lives. If American soldiers are dying, the truth cannot stay classified forever.
Transparency matters.
A Marine veteran stood up in the Senate to protest the war in Iran. He was dragged out of the chamber and violently assaulted by Sen Tim Sheehy.
Now, Brian McGinnis is reportedly being denied access to his family and legal counsel.
The silence from Congress is deafening. That should scare people.
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Just because Kristi Noem is gone doesn’t mean the system that created this cruelty will change. We shouldn’t turn down the heat—let’s turn it up until ICE melts.
