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Topic: America "almost" accidentally nuked itself
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500_Apples
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posted 05 September 2007 01:07 PM
Air Force official fired after 6 nukes fly over U.S.B-52 bomber, accidentally armed with warheads, went over several states quote:
WASHINGTON - A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states last week, prompting an Air Force investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, called the mishandling of the weapons “deeply disturbing” and said the committee would press the military for details. Rep. Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the Homeland Security committee, said it was “absolutely inexcusable.” “Nothing like this has ever been reported before and we have been assured for decades that it was impossible,” said Markey, D-Mass., co-chair of the House task force on nonproliferation.
Associated Press. MSN Home Link [ 05 September 2007: Message edited by: 500_Apples ]
From: Montreal, Quebec | Registered: Jun 2006
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Toby Fourre
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posted 05 September 2007 01:44 PM
Accidents will happen. It it's an accident with a nuke . . .Plug "broken arrow" into Google. You will find references such as this. quote:
The very first accident with nuclear weapons, as listed in the Departement of Defense summaries of accidents involving U.S. nuclear weapons between 1950-1980, occured along the coast of British Columbia.
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