AGM-86A/B Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM)

The Boeing AGM-86 ALCM (AGM-86B and AGM-86C) is an American subsonic air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) built by Boeing Company and operated by the United States Air Force. The missiles were developed to increase the effectiveness and survivability of Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bombers. In combination, they dilute an enemy's forces and complicate defense of its territory.

Production of the initial 225 AGM-86B missiles began in fiscal year 1980 and production of a total 1,715 missiles was completed in October 1986. The air-launched cruise missile had become operational four years earlier, in December 1982. More than 100 launches have taken place since then, with a 90% approximate success rate. The missile's flight path is pre-programmed and it becomes totally autonomous after launch.

In June 1986 a limited number of AGM-86B missiles were converted to carry a high-explosive blast/fragmentation warhead and an internal GPS. They were redesignated as the AGM-86C CALCM. This modification also replaced the B model's terrain contour-matching guidance system (TERCOM) and integrated a GPS capability with the existing inertial navigation computer system.

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[Grimdopple]

WHAT THE HELL I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE REAL IRONY IS!

[s04r3r]

@pwnage0013 Better to be a parrot than a blind lemming.

[historylover54]

@Grimdopple I know I was saying the same thing

[RetSquid]

@Crimescene26

I don't know what you mean, but Jeb (not Jed) had nothing to do with security at the WTC.

[Crimescene26]

@RetSquid Yeah i'm sure he was ONLY the gov in fl lmao

[molitor2005]

The phone calls from the "passengers" was a very important part part of the plan! The message had to get out to the public that the "hijackers" were "middle eastern Arabs", in order for us to invade Afghanistan and go after Bin Laden! This was done so that the American public would be outraged about these "Arabs" and support a war against them. Those phone calls were not real. I don't know where the "real" passengers are, or if there were any."Operation Northwoods" spoke of "mock" victims.

[molitor2005]

Marvin Bush, not Jeb, was reportedly on the board of directors for security at the WTC, United Airlines, and Dulles Airport. The company's name was Securacom. The contract for United ended in the late 1990's.Some reports have them handling security at the WTC til Sept 11th, other reports say it ended in 2000.The company had ties with Kuwait/Saudi Arabia.Marvin is also reported to be on the Board of HCC Insurance,one of the carriers of the WTC.A little too close for comfort, if you ask me!

[RetSquid]

@jnr8877

Not going to bother, you can't even provide a half-way logical response to those questions....BTW, Jeb was NEVER in charge of security at the WTC, he was Governor of Florida.

[jnr8877]

@RetSquid Who killed them? The CIA, the FBI, the NSA etc. Where are the bodies? Disposed of secretly. Where are the planes? There was no plane that hit the Pentagon, however the planes the hit the towers had missiles attached to the bottom that is whey there is a flash before impact. Jed Bush was in charge of security for the towers up until the Sep 11th. Patrols and bomb sniffing dogs were cancelled. Please see the following website.

JNR

[RetSquid]

@jnr8877

Who killed them? When did they kill them? Where are the bodies? Where are the planes? Where are the expolsions? Why didn't the windows get blown out? Where did they hide the tons of explosives? Who hid the tons of explosives? Who layed the hundreds of miles of fuze? Why do you think the Government is capable of this but couldn't 'find' WMD in Iraq? Why is it that every single controlled demolition expert says that it WASN'T a controlled demolition?

[jnr8877]

@RetSquid No the passengers were murdered so to tie up loose ends. Listen to some to the so called phone calls that passengers made to their loved ones. Do you honestly think that the government would allow this dirty little secret to get out. Why have some who reported hearing explosions going off before the collapse of the towers disappeared? Why won't Obama investigate 9/11? Because it was an inside job! Do you honestly believe that jet fuel brought down the towers? Or was it bombs?

JNR