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09-05-2007, 11:21 PM
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B-52 bomber, accidentally armed with warheads, over US/Can
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20427730/?GT1=10357
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.
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Why the hell are they flying with bombs anyway? Just another scare tactic :roll:
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09-05-2007, 11:55 PM
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Maybe I'll say something stupid....
Isn't this what our guys are trained to do?
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09-05-2007, 11:57 PM
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trained to do in Iraq maybe yes
Gotta agree with bmuller.
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09-06-2007, 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by blinkmeat
trained to do in Iraq maybe yes
Gotta agree with bmuller.
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Where do you train to do it, if you have to do it in Iraq?
furthermore, this sort of thing was VERY common just 17 years ago.
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09-06-2007, 12:12 AM
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they gotta have dummy bombs for exercises wouldn't you think?
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09-06-2007, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by blinkmeat
they gotta have dummy bombs for exercises wouldn't you think?
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That def. isn't how it used to be run...
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09-06-2007, 12:24 AM
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I smell conspiracy
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09-06-2007, 02:41 AM
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Whilst I have no problem with the transportation of nuclear weaponary, doing so accidentally is a bit dodgy.
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09-14-2007, 01:28 PM
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^ditto.
Just a note, nuclear bombs don't just "go off." It takes more than a hard impact to start a nuclear reaction.
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