On 9/23/2013 2:32 PM, John Ferrell wrote:
> Bear in mind the History re-writers have had lots of time to to spin
> this one.
> Can anyone recall an instance when a nuclear weapon was accidentally
> detonated?
> Lots of bad things happen when the qualified tech's are sent home and
> only the Lawyers and accountants remain, but so far no NUCLEAR explosions=
..
>
> On 9/22/2013 11:02 PM, Sean Breheny wrote:
>> The thing that makes the least sense to me is that the other safety
>> mechanisms "failed". I wonder exactly what that means. Usually, as far a=
s I
>> know, bombs do not do anything if they somehow become detached from the
>> aircraft without being armed first. There should have been no parachute
>> deployment and no arming sequence (i.e., no checking barometric or radar
>> altitude for a valid drop) The article says something like "when the bom=
b
>> hit the ground, a firing signal was sent" - this sounds very garbled to =
me.
>> A bomb like this almost certainly is not contact fused. It would probabl=
y
>> be fused based on radar altitude.
I decided many years ago that nuclear electricity and nuclear weapons=20
will eventually end in disasters, of one sort or another. I have lived=20
to see a few, but luckily no detonations yet.

I worry about crazy humans, not nuclear accidents, although our=20
government would cover up any
detonation, and spin it until it is buried under bulls---. windstorm.

Those that use a sword usually die from one.

- - BobA

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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

VINCE LOMBARDI

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