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Sep. 5th, 2007 11:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heidiNuclear Bombs Mistakenly Flown Over US
We are so bloody lucky this didn't happen back in 1986. Because there never would have been an investigation because it would have triggered WWIII and we would all be dead now!
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.
The plane was carrying Advanced Cruise Missiles from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a Defense Department policy not to confirm information on nuclear weapons.
The Air Combat Command has ordered a command-wide stand down on Sept. 14 to review procedures, officials said. They said there was minimal risk to crews and the public because of safety features designed into the munitions.
We are so bloody lucky this didn't happen back in 1986. Because there never would have been an investigation because it would have triggered WWIII and we would all be dead now!
