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The Top Secret File "el Trumpo" Did Not See

Date: Thursday, September 21, 2023 8:30 AM EST

It's kind of funny when you think about it.  "El Trumpo" and his love for holding "top secret documents" in his hands.  

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Just the same, we can rest assured that "el Trumpo" did not see the most "top secret" file of "all the top secret files".  That file was intentionally and with humor innocuously called and known as the "Sink the Navy" file.

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What the "Sink the Navy" file did was explain how the U.S. military (i.e., U.S. Navy) plans were in case of a full on attack of Taiwan by China.

Here is what the file said:

1. Within "five minutes" of a confirmed full-on attack of Taiwan by China, "Sink the Navy" plan would be put into effect.

  • One group of "allied fast attack submarines" would sink "all six" of China's noisy fleet ballistic missiles submarines using either conventional or nuclear torpedoes.  All of this would be done within five minutes of plan implementation;
  • Another group off "allied fast attack submarines" would launch "nuclear torpedoes" at some predesigned "maximum damage depth" underneath the two or three Chinese Navy task groups.  And this, too, would be done within five minutes of planned implementation.
  • Three U.S. fleet ballistic missiles, as an option, would be sitting offshore to target all "land based nuclear weapon facilities" if called upon to do.  This option could be implemented commensurate to the first two; however, there is an argument to be made that we should wait to see if there is any sign of a somewhat "depleted" nuclear response before this third option is deployed.

The report went on to deal with some of the "political" or "moral" issues involved with such a strategy, but the decision to keep the plan as a real viable option, the argument stated that "naval war" was not "civilian war".  The "Sink the Navy" plan (even with its optional third action) is targeting "combatants" not "civilians".  

The "Sink the Navy" plan has been approved up through all the channels, and now sits on President Biden's desk for review--and currently out of the hands of "el Trumpo".

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Dan Nicholson 1 year ago Member's comment

Interesting.  Never heard about this before.

Jim Boswell 1 year ago Author's comment

You must not have "high enough clearance" to know about it, so if i were you, i would keep it too myself--like most of my Talkmarkets' followers do.

Leslie Miriam 1 year ago Member's comment

You are too funny!