Be afraid... be very afraid

[gingerjedi]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6980204.stm

A B-52 bomber flew across the US last week mistakenly loaded with up to six nuclear-armed missiles, unnamed air force officials are quoted as saying.

Army Times said the missiles were to be decommissioned but were mistakenly mounted on the bomber's wings.

I don't accept that mistakes like that can be made, there’s got to be more to this.

[sasguru]

They've lost more nukes than I've had hot missionaries.

That doesn't tell us much. It could be anything > 0 .

[Andy2]

60 or more...

They seems to have lost more nukes than carkeys or umbrellas
Do they inform police when they lose a nuke

[daviejones]

More importantly, where is the lost property department for nukes?

[DBA_bloke]

Wot you worried about?

Google "Broken Arrow" and then really start worrying.

Did that. Just loads of stuff about the movie with John Travolta, and the town of the same name.

Searched a bit more, and was quite pleased to see that, as far as anyone knows, nothing "big" has ever actually happened. If either the West or Russia had accidentally detonated a nuke or one found its way onto the Terrorist version of eBay, the other side would know pretty soon, and waste no time in blabbing about it, I'm sure.

The biggest nuclear worry, IMHO, is crappy old Russian reactors, even with their post-Chernobyl retrofits!

[KathyWoolfe]

Wot difference does the odd dent make in your common or garden H bomb?

Not a lot of difference - depending upon where the dent is made. A nuclear explosion is caused by two blocks of uranium/plutonium (whatever!) being forced together by a conventional explosive. As long as these two blocks of radioactive material remain separated there is no nuclear detonation.

[Sysman]

Things you shouldn't drop:

http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.p...9a680/5ecd05a5

[NickFitz]

Wot difference does the odd dent make in your common or garden H bomb?

Might make it wobble a bit on the way down if it interfered with the aerodynamics. On the other hand, getting an H bomb 500 yards to the left of where you meant to put it probably isn't going to make much difference.

[Troll]

And that's only the Septics.

Goodness only knows how many the Russkies have lost?

but they have God on their side

04/09/2007 In a ceremony at Christ the Savior Cathedral Cathedral in Moscow, priests chanted prayers in honor of the Russian Defense Ministry's 12th Main Directorate, which is responsible for the storage and maintenance of Russia's nuclear arsenal.

[Churchill]

Not a lot of difference - depending upon where the dent is made. A nuclear explosion is caused by two blocks of uranium/plutonium (whatever!) being forced together by a conventional explosive. As long as these two blocks of radioactive material remain separated there is no nuclear detonation.

You're talking tulipe.