Military Stupidity

I know it's old news, but I just heard about it. A year ago, the announcement was made to move Norad from Cheyenne mountain to a bunker at Peterson AFB, about 12 miles away.



The reason? According to this article, the commute was too long for the commander. Apparently the geniuses in charge feel that it's more important to have the convenience of a single location than to be pretoected from attack.



Anyone remember Oklahoma City? That was one crazy bastard, just think what an organized attack might cause. But wait, the command center is protected because it's - wait for it, in the basement. Whew, and here I was worried.



According to the announcement, Cheyenne Mountain will be kept in a stand-by mode. It should only take an hour to bring it back online. Yep, that's right, if anyone succeeds in an attack, we'll only be blind and completely defenseless for a gorram hour. Nothing could possibly happen in an hour right?



I need get my disaster plan ready...