The new details are that the weapons were armed & might well have atomically detonated. Even if the high explosive had gone off w/o triggering the chain reaction there would have been plutonium all over the highways. And how much would y'all like to bet that none of the current inventory is any safer?
What an armed atomic weapon that has parachuted from an aircraft looks like if it didn't explode.New Details on the 1961 Goldsboro Nuclear Accident
Multi-Megaton Bomb Was Virtually "Armed" When It Crashed to Earth in North Carolina, Sandia Lab Report ConcludedNuclear Stockpile Safety Review from the Mid-1970s Identified Four Weapons Systems that Needed "Time Urgent" Evaluation Because of "Nuclear Detonation Safety Concerns"1986 Sandia Lab Study Found that, with Respect to "Fully Assembled" and "Combat-Ready" Nuclear Weapons, U.S. Could Not Claim "in an Absolute Sense, that We Take Every Action to Ensure their Safety"
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| The T-249 switch used to arm nuclear bombs on Strategic Air Command bomber aircraft. Photo courtesy of Glenn's Computer Museum. |
You could have included a link to the Thermonuclear Destruction Porn...
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ReplyDeleteDamnittohell, I realized that right before publishing, went back to add the link but something distracted me & I forgot entirely & hit publish.
Stick around & watch my decline ...
Right behind ya.
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