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Pretty sure you have to purposely arm them before there's any chance it would go off for just such a scenario. Otherwise every time you transport one it could
by ourmandave 7y ago
Pretty sure you have to purposely arm them before there's any chance it would go off for just such a scenario.
Otherwise every time you transport one it could end in disaster.
- jacobush 7y agoThat's the intention, yes. But in at least one case, the fail safe came very closing to failing, and not in a good way.
- ceejayoz 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash > Information newly declassified in 2013 showed that one of the bombs came very close to detonating. > In 2013, Revelle recalled the moment the second bomb's switch was found: "Until my death I will never forget hearing my sergeant say, 'Lieutenant, we found the arm/safe switch.' And I said, 'Great.' He said, 'Not great. It's on arm.'" If I'm reading the article right, the other bomb also had the other three arming steps happen and was stopped only by the arm/safe switch, so between the two bombs, each of the four safety steps failed.
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- Symmetry 7y agoFor modern nuclear weapons yes. For the ones we were still carrying around in 1960 much less so.