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Re:FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, g... by estearum on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @08:21AM (#46974622)
... I don't think they're detonating a nuclear weapon in a National Monument 50 miles from a large US city...

There are plenty of better places for them to do this.

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Re:FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, g... by nateburke on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @08:40AM (#46974832)
NTS was 60-80 mi away from Las Vegas.

yes there might be safer locations for an underground nuclear test, but how many of them offer the same "F U" PR capacity relative to Mexico/Juarez/cartels, etc.

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Re:FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, g... by estearum on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @09:03AM (#46975059)
A nuclear weapon is only "F U" PR to cartels if you believe they're literally braindead, which given that they run massive international businesses, I suspect they're not.

Nukes mean nothing to a cartel. What an insane idea.

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Re:FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, g... by peyton on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @08:36AM (#46974770)
It’s probably not SOP to land nuclear weapons at the municipal airport either.
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Re:FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, g... by jjk166 on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @09:07AM (#46975099)
There is a military base with its own airfield located within El Paso basically right next to El Paso International Airport.
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Re:FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, g... by donkeybeer on Thursday February 12, 2026 @02:42AM (#46985928)
While we have an excuse explanation from the admin now which nobody knows how true or not it is, its trump of course. Why is it off or weird that he'd want to see a big boom.
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