Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 5, 2007 @04:01PM from the you-can't-fight-in-here-this-is-the-war-room dept.

kernel panic attack writes "Surely the late Stanley Kubrick is somewhere smiling at this one. Forbes.com has a story about a B-52 Bomber that mistakenly flew 6-nuclear tipped cruise missles across several states last week. The 3-hour flight took the plane from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30. The incident was so serious that President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates were quickly informed and Gates has asked for daily briefings on the Air Force probe, said Defense Department press secretary Geoff Morrell."

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Re:We have 3 options here by binaryspiral · 2007-09-05 16:29 · Score: 1, Redundant

Like they were doing barrel rolls in the B52?? What special safety measures to you take when you're flying unarmed tomahawk missiles versus missiles with nuke warheads attached?

And why were the warheads attached in the first place? Someone leaving for Iran?
Re:We got some flyin' to do by dingDaShan · 2007-09-05 23:59 · Score: 0, Redundant

They would NOT have detonated. The only way for them to detonate is for their detonator to be set off. This is not possible by being dropped ballistically.