[ RadSafe ] US B-52 'in nuclear cargo error'

[Brennan, Mike (DOH)]

Oh, I guarantee there are a lot of people who see nothing funny in this
at all.  There are a number of people who were directly involved who are
looking at dishonorable discharges and possible prison time, most likely
for falsely documenting that they did something or checked something
that clearly was not done or checked.  There are careers that are over
for being in the chain of command of these people and not ensuring that
they did the job right every time.


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From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Dimiter Popoff
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 7:43 AM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: [ RadSafe ] US B-52 'in nuclear cargo error'

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

Not sure if it is just funny (as I perceived it at the moment of
reading), but I thought it would be curious to some listmembers anyway.

Dimiter

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Dimiter Popoff               Transgalactic Instruments

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US B-52 'in nuclear cargo error' 

   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.

   The missiles were unaccounted for during a three-hour flight from a
North Dakota air base to one in Louisiana.

  Air Force spokesman Lt Col Ed Thomas told Army Times the weapons were
"always in our custody".

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

   The W80-1 warhead has a yield of five to 150 kilotons,
the paper said.   

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