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NUCLEAR TRANSIT
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ON THE HIGHWAYS
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A PRIMER
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BY
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DATA LINE
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Nuclear material doesn't magically appear at plants that make missiles and
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bombs. It has to be transported by truck or train. The media has seen fit
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to portray a totally false picture of the security surrounding the operation.
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Getting enriched Uranium or Plutonium is seen as marginally difficult, just
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force a lone semi off the road and loot it. I hope to give the true picture
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of the task and of the equipment.
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This report has been compiled with the help (knowing and unknowing) of the US
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Department of Energy, the APCO Journal, and a source in FEMA.
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The Locations
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Oak Ridge,TN. Union Carbide runs a Uranium enrichment plant here. It has a
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sister complex in Paducah Ky. that makes Uranium Hexafluoride,
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a deadly gas that is sometimes transported on the Interstates.
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Amarillo,TX. The most dangerous city on earth. A little known factory, the
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Pantex Company, takes the enriched fissionable materials and
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assembles them into warheads. The equipment is vintage 1950.
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Accidents are unheard of. They may happen, but the press
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sure never gets word of them.
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Albuquerque,
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NM. Sandia National Labs, under contract to the Depatment of Ener-
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gy, performs research on weapons and radioactive materials.
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Kirkland AFB, communications command center for the DOE is
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also located here.
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San Francisco,
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CA. Lawrence Livermore Lab also performs research on the more
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classified aspects of nuclear ahemistry.
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Chicago, IL. Argonne Labs research "peaceful" applications of highly
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radioactive metals and gases. Sure thing...
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Joplin, MO. The largest contractor of freight-hauling for DOE is based
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in the Southwestern tip of MO. I'd like to take a tour of
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Tri-State Motor Transit (TSMT) sometime. I'd also like an
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unescorted day in the Pentagon. I have as much chance at
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getting either one.
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The Transit Process.
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A surprise in store: the actual drivers are heavily armed, excellently
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trained DOE Special Couriers. The ride to a spelly equipped sem 2
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ormi's and 4 to 5 support vehicles to a convoy. The support staff also
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consists of Couriers in a variety of vehicles. Most of the time they include
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a Motorhome, a Suburban (armored) and possibly a station wagon or two.
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If a cop tries to pull over a semi, the entire convoy pulls over. A courier
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in the offending vehicle uses the PA to announce the nature of the convoy, and
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will exit the truck if requested. The driver NEVER exits.
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Spotting a Convoy
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The actual semi's are usually unmarked (DOE-owned), or are turquoise with
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regular silver trailers that may bear the logo TSMT. In NO case will they
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bear a yellow & black "Radioactive" Placard. DOE vehicles bear a single
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license tag, blue on white, that starts with an "E". The semi's have what
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appears to be a luggage rack on the top. This is an antenna. They may
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stop at weigh stations, but will be waved on through.
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The Weapons
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Couriers are trained in use of the standard issue M-16, the M-60, and the
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LAW rocket. They carry at least that amount of weapons with them, and
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possibly the new Viper Antitank weapon. Other items include gas (BZ, CS)
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and maybe a few goodies from the Farm... Their training in Colorado Springs,
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CO. takes about 3 months and covers everything from evasive driving with a
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130,000 pound armored tractor-trailer to recovery of fissionable material
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from adversaries to emergency field evacuation and containment. Their
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trucks are probably the best weapons. DOE-owned vehicles, used for the most
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hazardous materials (transit of old warheads for reconditioning) are totally
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covered by a classified thickness of nickel or aluminium armor (That's right,
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Aluminium in an alloy form with other metals). The trailers are rigged with
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nozzles that will envelop a terrorist who manages to open the doors with a
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mountain of fast-hardening urea (insulating) foam, suffocating him and hiding
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the warhead/Plutonium with a thick coat of the stuff.
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Forget it.
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The condition of each truck on the road is updated by couriers every 15
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minutes by Shortwave to the Command Post in NM. The transmissions are in
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encrypted digital bursts on 11.555, 7.700 and 3.335 MHz, USB. Rarely you
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can hear the base speak with a Courier. Intra-convoy communications are
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handled with low-power VHF radios on 164.375 and 164.225 MHz. They were
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duped by those shitheads at Motorola into buying Digital Voice protection,
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a scrambling system. Granted, you can't understand what they're saying
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(probably stuff like "Wanna eat at Denny's or go to the Truck Stop?").
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Basic SIGINT still tells you that prescence of ANY transmissions means a
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convoy is close. Listen for what sounds like a squelch burst and a tone
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at the end, that's the DVP.
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If a trouble signal is transmitted to the CP, a number of things happen.
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First, the dispatcher attempts to reach the convoy by SW to find the nature
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of the problem; accident, out of beer, or terrorist atta#k. The first re-
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sponse will bring out an EOD team from the nearest Army base and added
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Albuquerque. They contact the respective State Police agency for local
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coordination. In case of attack, I can't really say what will hn be-
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cause I don't know. Speculating, I believe the Army's response will be much
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greater. Instead of MP's, combat troops will be airlifted along with the
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Decon. and Emergency Ordnance Disposal troops. State police will also flood
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the area and seal if off, with local units merely handling roadblocks at
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the perimeters. Any non-authorized (non-government) aircraft passing near
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the area will be either escorted out by the TAC, or be downed. This includes
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news media choppers. NEST (Nuclear Emergency Search Team) will be called at
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once to aid in locating possibly contaminated areas and assist in finding any
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missing fissionable material. If an intact warhead is found to be missing,
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a national state of emergency will be declared until the situation is re-
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solved. This means a callup of National Guard and the Reserves, as well as
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placing all active military personnel on full alert. It also means that
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various civil rights will be curtailed and c sehis is soe
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siou shit. TheNational Emrgny omand Alet Post (NECP, a.k.a
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FlyWhouse willbeoe ctive, as wel ALL U.S. Miitto pull sometricks sine wed be
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rathy ae.
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The terrorists wouldn't have a chance in hell. Detonating a bomb would
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probably wipe ou the entire unch of asholes and hey wouldn'thave
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gained hing. A good ngotiator wold stretch theordeal outso hat
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our maren wouldget a shot. Ormore likely, tey woud evacuate he
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area (There'd be no wy o imdive off wih the omb h Coriers'
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first job shouldbetoeliminll mens of escam th area). Per
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sonally,I'dus poiso gas or I's nontening, saferthan
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shooting and silent as we for "th
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cause" in front of AmericaI doubtif the grop would eve be iinti-
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fied or their true demands known. A large number of both real terrorists
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(e.g. FALN, M-19, Animal rights and splinter anti-abortion factions) and
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Intelligence (CIA and DOE) created groups would claim responsibility so
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the organizations would see how unproductive pulling such a stunt would
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be in the future - no exclusive media attention means no gain.
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Note to any Federal agency who gets hold of this. I want to work for
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DOE intelligence. All of this is put together from unclassified sources.
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If it's good enough to get me in trouble, wouldn't you agree I'd be good
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to have working for your organization?? Think of this as a Resume.
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You know how to get hold of me, I'm sure.
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