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US plane in 1961 'nuclear bomb near-miss'
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| 21st September 2013
Posted on 09/21/2013 1:42:30 AM PDT by Mr Radical
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To: Conspiracy Guy
Whos got the Slim Pickens picture riding the bomb in Dr Strangelove? Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the war room.
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posted on
09/21/2013 3:32:43 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(It is every liberal's job to destroy America, and every conservative's job to stop him.)
To: Mr Radical
There’s a Mark 15 nuke buried in the mud off Savannah, Ga.
It’s never been found.
Jettisoned by a B-47 in the late ‘50s.
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posted on
09/21/2013 3:37:03 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: naturalman1975
Seems to me that that is why there were four fail safe mechanisms. Three failed, one worked, no detonation. Actually, there was only one. The armed/safe switch.
All four worked as designed. Deploy the chute. Charge the capacitors. Fire the primary!
Oh, never mind, it's on SAFE!
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posted on
09/21/2013 3:42:41 AM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: Mark17
Another great line from the movie.
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posted on
09/21/2013 3:44:37 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: Southack
That woulda wrecked his Presidency... of course, he’d have probably blamed Ike. It’s what Zero woulda done.
To: Mr Radical
Here is a list (with links) to a few of the known “broken arrow” incidents:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Arrow_%28nuclear%29#Broken_Arrow
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1950 British Columbia B-36 crash
1956 B-47 disappearance
1958 Mars Bluff, South Carolina
1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision
1961 Yuba City B-52 crash
1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
1965 Philippine Sea A-4 incident
1966 Palomares B-52 crash[4]
1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
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posted on
09/21/2013 4:05:01 AM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: FreedomStar3028
We may have averted a nuclear detonation in January of 1961, but we suffered a “nuclear birth” in August of the same year. August 4th to be exact:)
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posted on
09/21/2013 4:12:31 AM PDT
by
Clink
(Conservatives believe it when they see it. Liberals see it when they believe it.)
To: Clink
I had to look that up, why do you know his birthday?
To: Clink
I am not so sure it was a birth on Aug 4th, either a hatching or UFO drop off.
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posted on
09/21/2013 4:22:55 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
To: cynwoody
At least the video is hilarious, if fatally fakey by modern production standards. Back in the old days, they had to make do with good writing, good acting, directing and editing. Today just about all we have is digital verisimilitude, which to me is a poor substitute.
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posted on
09/21/2013 4:23:23 AM PDT
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
To: Vinnie
Jettisoned by a B-47 in the late 50s. Yes it had long been standard procedure for bombers to jettison their payload if the plane had a mechanical emergency. That policy was quietly changed for nuclear bombs after this incident.
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posted on
09/21/2013 4:36:36 AM PDT
by
SeeSharp
To: Mr Radical
If that nuke had gone off, I wonder how the Feds would have attempted to explain it. I mean sorry we make a mistake and took out a million or so people in eastern North Carolina just doesn’t slice it.
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posted on
09/21/2013 4:47:04 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
To: FreedomStar3028
Oh, after a couple hundred FR threads on the subject, things tend to stick with you.
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posted on
09/21/2013 4:57:40 AM PDT
by
alancarp
(Obama will grab your guns and ship them to Mexican drug mobs.)
To: Southack; cynwoody
The inauguration of John F. Kennedy as the 35th President of the United States was held on January 20, 1961.This near-detonation was 2.5 days into Office.
Obviously, Bush's fault!
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posted on
09/21/2013 5:07:15 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Don't assume Shahanshah Obama will allow another election.)
To: urbanpovertylawcenter
DR. Strangelove-perhaps the best movie of all time. A Stanley K. and Peter Sellers masterpiece!
I agree. My library had a VHS copy and I watched it years ago.
ff
To: Clink
We may have averted a nuclear detonation in January of 1961, but we suffered a nuclear birth in August of the same year. August 4th to be exact:)Please explain.
ff
To: Conspiracy Guy
Hell a feller could have a pretty good time in Vegas with this stuffTrivia - The actual line was "In Dallas", not Vegas. The movie was completed but not yet released when JFK was assassinated and Kubrik dubbed over "Vegas". If you watch Slim's mouth you can see it.
I agree, that scene with the reading of the checklist is one of the great moments in movies. The looks on the crew's faces as they unpack and inventory is priceless.
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posted on
09/21/2013 5:40:15 AM PDT
by
par4
To: par4
Yea I had heard about the city change but forgot over time. It is a great scene.
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posted on
09/21/2013 6:08:51 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
09/21/2013 6:52:22 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
We’ll meet again,
don’t know where,
don’t known when...
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posted on
09/21/2013 6:56:23 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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