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Arkansas was never in danger. I heard stories about this incident from a missileer I worked with. The issue was that as the fuel leaked out of the tank, the s
by ananonymoususer 6y ago
Arkansas was never in danger. I heard stories about this incident from a missileer I worked with. The issue was that as the fuel leaked out of the tank, the structure of the missile was no longer able to support its own weight.
The nuke was not "armed" and had lots of fail-safe devices to ensure it would never go off. The commander was severely reprimanded for sending in the two poor (unqualified) souls who perished.
- daltonlp 6y ago> The nuke was not "armed" and had lots of fail-safe devices to ensure it would never go off. Whew! Though in fairness, the rocket wasn't supposed to explode in the silo either. A good book about the incident is Command and Control, by Eric Schlosser: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452798-command-and-control https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452798-command-and-cont...