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Watchdog: Firm nearly detonated nuke bomb (1.2 megaton bomb near Amarillo)
Arizona Daily Star | Cox News Service ^ | 12/15/06 | Jeff Nesmith

Posted on 12/16/2006 7:11:23 PM PST by LibWhacker

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To: operation clinton cleanup

Hey, thanks for the pic - I've used this tag-line for many years here......


101 posted on 12/17/2006 3:00:24 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: ichabod1
I actually learned that line as "Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and hydrogen bombs. :)


You obviously are much more sophisticated than I. grin
102 posted on 12/17/2006 3:17:06 AM PST by Chickensoup (If you don't go to the holy war, the holy war will come to you.)
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To: GladesGuru

The subcritical multiplication radiation situation is normal and subtle. Tagline...


103 posted on 12/17/2006 3:27:35 AM PST by dhuffman@awod.com (The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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To: COEXERJ145
It was 1957 and was a Convair B-36.

Thanks for the correct info. I knew I was a bit foggy on the details. It's been almost twenty years since some of my New Mexico friends told me the story, and I had pretty much forgotten it until this discussion jogged the old memory!

104 posted on 12/17/2006 5:44:11 AM PST by tarheelswamprat (So what if I'm not rich? So what if I'm not one of the beautiful people? At least I'm not smart...)
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To: LibWhacker
Hey, accidents happen.


105 posted on 12/17/2006 5:53:57 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: SpaceBar
I am extremely skeptical about a decommissioned warhead going off in such circumstances.

I share your skepticism. Making a nuclear weapon denotate is one of those things that's incredibly difficult to make happen and incredibly easy to prevent. Simply removing the power sources to the initiator charges would probably preclude any chance of a nuclear explosion. From there on, there's lots of opportunities to create a mess with radioactive materials but essentially zero chance of a nuclear detonation.

106 posted on 12/17/2006 6:43:28 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (The hallmark of a crackpot conspiracy theory is that it expands to include countervailing evidence.)
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To: edpc

LOL!


107 posted on 12/17/2006 9:22:03 AM PST by Zack Nguyen
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To: LibWhacker

"an unsafe amount of pressure was applied to the warhead"

Like a hammer?


108 posted on 12/17/2006 9:23:12 AM PST by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: Sloth

LOL!!


109 posted on 12/17/2006 12:25:54 PM PST by Eaker (You were given the choice between war & dishonor. You chose dishonor & you will have war. -Churchill)
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To: LibWhacker
I've seen workers do their jobs on nukes, and the procedures would blow your mind. They get all worked up over a teeny bit of surface corrosion on a screw head.

"Applying too much pressure" probably means it took more torque to remove the bolt than it took to install it. Big deal.

110 posted on 12/17/2006 9:37:01 PM PST by narby
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Amarillo by morning...
111 posted on 12/17/2006 9:59:25 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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And for today's weather: we nearly had a snowstorm!

Except for the total lack of precipitation, and the 70-degree temperatures, that is...


112 posted on 12/18/2006 12:12:03 PM PST by Redbob
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