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> Past practice lacked in some regards This seems like a rather mild interpretation. As for the effective addressing of safety issues, it was not that long ago
by msl 10y ago
> Past practice lacked in some regards
This seems like a rather mild interpretation. As for the effective addressing of safety issues, it was not that long ago that the USAF last "lost" nuclear weapons [1]. (The weapons were in fact in USAFs possession, but no one knew were they were, or even that they weren't where they should have been. During this time the weapons were not handled according to the normal procedures.)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_United_States_Air_Force_nuclear_weapons_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_United_States_Air_Force_n...
- throwanem 10y agoTrue. That was also the first time in forty years that such an incident had occurred. The officers responsible were relieved of their commands; the enlisted personnel involved were retrained and in some cases demoted; the entire command structure around nuclear-armed formations was reworked to reduce the likelihood of future such incidents. What about this response strikes you as having been ineffective?