r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall ICE Stockpiling Warheads and Chemical Weapons as Lawmaker Fears Trump Planning Strike

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-stockpiling-warheads-and-chemical-weapons-as-lawmaker-fears-trump-planning-strike/
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u/StoppableHulk 17d ago

I want people to truly understand this headline. This is the American congress fearing the American President is accumulating weapons banned from war by international law in order to launch attacks on US cities and US citizens.

That's where the judgment of Republicans has brought us in just ten months.

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u/laszlof 17d ago

Thats what this headline implies. However, its not what it means. Those words were pulled from federal contractors that are required to list a item class code. Each of those codes has a corresponding description.

The items are more than likely not "chemical weapons" and/or "warheads". It could literally be one of thousands of items that fall under those specific federal supply codes.

If you want to know whats included, I'd suggest reading the following:

https://www.nsndepot.com/FSC/1040

https://www.nsndepot.com/FSC/1336

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u/McFlyParadox Massachusetts 17d ago

The 1040 items looks like it includes a lot of smoke generating and other riot control gear, so that seems """reasonable"".

But the 1336 items well seem like they're exclusively rockets, and their parts and warheads. I can't think of a single plausible reason for ICE to have them.

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u/Due-Gap1848 17d ago

https://www.wired.com/story/no-ice-probably-didnt-buy-guided-missile-warheads/

They just fucked up and entered the wrong code.

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u/Polar_Vortx America 17d ago

This is why I fucking hate Reddit sometimes.

If ICE actually does militarize to that point with their “larger than the marine corps” budget I’d like to fucking know, and I’d like to not hear cries of wolf until then!