“A B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30.”While Dean Steve Fetter of the University of Maryland observes in Mr. Hoffman’s story that there was no specific risk of detonation or diversion associated with this incident, it does once again underscore the question: why does the U.S. retain so many nuclear weapons?
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Accidental Airborne Alert
Michael Hoffman of the Military Times reports that:
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what is this supposed to mean? that a 52 went on alert during its flight? or what?
ReplyDeleteJust what Mr. Hoffman reports, that nuclear weapons were reportedly accidentally loaded and flown across the country (no change in alert status was reported).
ReplyDeleteA little more detail is available from Hans Kristensen at: http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/
and from Jane Vaynman at: http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1636/us-bombers-accidentally-transport-nukes