Two Boeing E-6B Mercury missile command planes have been launched recently and seen roaming near Washington DC and above Oregon state. This was right after the COVID-19 announcement of U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump. The U.S. explains their side, calling the launch as a 'purely coincidental' and doesn't mean anything.
Missile command planes launched on Friday
Early Friday, Oct. 2, President Trump announced via his official Twitter account that he and the First Lady Melania Trump were both found positive with COVID-19.
Shortly before the news broke, two mysterious Boeing E-6B Mercury missile command planes were seen launched along both coasts of the US mainland.
Boeing E-6B Mercury planes are known as "airborne command posts," which can convey instructions to the fleet of ballistic submarines the U.S. has in waters around the world. It will then, deploy nuclear-tipped Trident submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).
These missile command planes are part of the country's program called "Looking Glass," that provides command to the US nuclear forces in the air, once the ground-based command centers stop operations.
What does this mean?
Twitter users obviously, have raised speculations right after the said launch of missile command planes.
To stop all rumors, the U.S. Strategic Command spokesman explained to Fox News that the launch exercise were just "purely coincidental" and that "no change to the posture of the U.S. military," were made as, "The president remains the commander-in-chief."
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Written by Jamie Pancho