Global Guardian

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Global Guardian
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Global Guardian is an annual training exercise sponsored by the United States Strategic Command in conjunction with Space Command and NORAD. Its main purpose is to test the military's command and control procedures in the event of nuclear warfare.

Global Guardian is performed in conjunction with Vigilant Guardian, the annual training exercise conducted by NORAD in which a threat to North American airspace is simulated. The simulated scenario is varied from year to year.

Global Guardian and the September 11th Attacks
The September 11, 2001 attacks occurred during that year's Global Guardian and Vigilant Guardian joint exercises. That year, according to the 9/11 Commission Report, Vigilant Guardian 'postulated a bomber attack from the former Soviet Union' on North America. The Russian 37th Air Army was, in fact, conducting major bomber exercises across the Arctic and Atlantic at this time, amongst the largest carried out by them since 1993. Both the American and the Russian exercises were cancelled after the attack.

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States investigated the possibility that Vigilant Guardian preparations compromised the military's response to the terrorist attacks on September 11th. They concluded that the exercise may have had, in fact, the effect of expediting the response to the attacks. However, the report made no mention of Global Guardian or any other accompanying exercise.

FAA and military officials reported trouble discerning the war game operations from the actual attacks. After being notified of the first hijacking, General Larry Arnold originally thought it was part of the exercise,[1] [2] as did NEADS Commander Col. Robert K. Marr Jr.[3] and his deputy Lt. Col. Dawne Deskins, who said "everybody" at NEADS first thought the attacks were part of Vigilant Guardian.[4] However General Ralph Eberhart told the 9/11 Commission “it took about 30 seconds” to make the adjustment to the real-world situation. (note 116 to chapter 1)

[princesskittypoo]

if it took only 30 seconds to figure out it was real and not some hoax they were simulating why couldn't they have done something quicker.

[Gold9472]

if it took only 30 seconds to figure out it was real and not some hoax they were simulating why couldn't they have done something quicker.

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