Comments on: Minot bomber accidentally armed with nukes http://www.j5mc.org/?p=61 What's Left in North Dakota Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:57:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: j5mc » Blog Archive » Truck ditches missile http://www.j5mc.org/?p=61&cpage=1#comment-273 j5mc » Blog Archive » Truck ditches missile Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:58:18 +0000 http://www.j5mc.org/?p=61#comment-273 [...] In and of itself. But this follows launch crews falling asleep while holding our missile codes, guards distracting themselves with iPods and cell phones, and of course, flying six nukes to Louisiana without anybody noticing. [...] [...] In and of itself. But this follows launch crews falling asleep while holding our missile codes, guards distracting themselves with iPods and cell phones, and of course, flying six nukes to Louisiana without anybody noticing. [...]

]]> By: Johnathan http://www.j5mc.org/?p=61&cpage=1#comment-49 Johnathan Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:29:34 +0000 http://www.j5mc.org/?p=61#comment-49 I'm aware of the engineering limitations of the bomb, and the chances of actual detonation were slight. The chances that someone could have even completed a simulated arming session without noticing the live bombs was probably minimal. But that chance was magnified by the nukes being mounted in the first place. I’m aware of the engineering limitations of the bomb, and the chances of actual detonation were slight. The chances that someone could have even completed a simulated arming session without noticing the live bombs was probably minimal. But that chance was magnified by the nukes being mounted in the first place.

]]> By: brent http://www.j5mc.org/?p=61&cpage=1#comment-48 brent Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:33:58 +0000 http://www.j5mc.org/?p=61#comment-48 If had been dropped the most that would have happened would have been a explosion like a dirty bomb. It takes a lot more to set off a nuke than an explosion. The explosives have to go off at exactly the precise time in a precise pattern to achive criticality. There have been other instnaces in the past of nukes hitting the ground either from falling out of/off of planes or plane crashes and none have gone off. If had been dropped the most that would have happened would have been a explosion like a dirty bomb. It takes a lot more to set off a nuke than an explosion. The explosives have to go off at exactly the precise time in a precise pattern to achive criticality. There have been other instnaces in the past of nukes hitting the ground either from falling out of/off of planes or plane crashes and none have gone off.

]]> By: Random Numbers http://www.j5mc.org/?p=61&cpage=1#comment-47 Random Numbers Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:30:01 +0000 http://www.j5mc.org/?p=61#comment-47 Unlikely. It takes a special miracle to set one of those suckers off. Even the high explosive charges can survive a fall without detonating. If they were to have dropped those bombs, unfused (the fusing devices are kept seperate from the warheads) and unarmed (coded arming system is a stone b**ch to arm and easy as pie to disarm), they would have likely hit like a brick. Unlikely. It takes a special miracle to set one of those suckers off. Even the high explosive charges can survive a fall without detonating.

If they were to have dropped those bombs, unfused (the fusing devices are kept seperate from the warheads) and unarmed (coded arming system is a stone b**ch to arm and easy as pie to disarm), they would have likely hit like a brick.

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