"BF Lake" wrote in
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"Andrew C. Toppan" wrote in message
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Again - what surveillance mission do the C-130s at NAS Brunswick
have? The answer is none.

Not read the whole thread so apologies if already discussed--

In the 60s, the Brunswick, Maine, place (not to be confused with
Brunswick, Georgia, which was Glynco--or even the province of New
Brunswick just next to Maine), held the nuclear weapons (air to air
plus ?) that were supposed to be forwarded to Newfoundland for the US
forces stationed there, when things got hot and Canada agreed to that
move of the nukes. (When the chips were down, in Oct 1962, the then
anti-US biased Canadian government initially refused permission to
move the nukes and even for US aircraft to overfly Canadian airspace!
This was " leaked" to the general public and that government fell on
the resulting next election, such was the public's embarrassment.
(Hard to say if that public sentiment still exists back east, sad to
say, but it sure still does in the West G) Later, ~1968/9 the new
government agreed to store the warheads in Canada under guard. ) So
Brunswick, Maine was a big deal for the nuclear side of
things--presumably also for anti-sub weapons for the P3s.

So has that nuclear bomb storage business already closed or is it
going to go elsewhere too? Does that matter?

Very early in my Naval career, I was taught this mantra: It is the policy
of the US government to neither confirm nor deny the presence or absence
of [nuclear | special] weapons at any specific location.

Is that policy no less important today? It is none of anybody's business
where that stuff is currently or has been stored.

Dave in San Diego