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DoD Report On 32 "Nuclear Accidents"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-meant-to-do-that dept.

natebjones writes "Remember the time the US Air Force accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on a family in South Carolina? [This DoD report lists] that and 31 other nuclear accidents including: nuclear bombs inadvertently falling through bomb bay doors; the accidental firing of a retrorocket on an ICBM; the vast dispersal of radioactive debris; and the loss of enriched fissile material and nuclear bombs (which are 'still out there somewhere')."

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  1. Re:Keep in mind... by CheshireCatCO · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What the other replier said: aggregate stats. Your odds of an A are only 1 in 39 on any given letter, but when you're stamping out a thousand characters, odds go well above 99% of getting at least one. Similarly, odds may be only a few percent that a given accident with nuclear weapons would result in a real "nuclear accident", but if you have a few dozen accidents, eventually the really bad outcome is likely to occur.