The tv story I saw was apparently a bit misleading.
It's "Mysteries of the Unknown". (S1,E18)
A plane hauling two nuke bombs lost a wing and crashed. The tv story made it sound as if only a couple toggle switches stood between safety and disaster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash

On 01/27/2021 07:43 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
The tv story I saw was apparently a bit misleading.
It's "Mysteries of the Unknown". (S1,E18)
A plane hauling two nuke bombs lost a wing and crashed. The tv story made it sound as if only a couple toggle switches stood between safety and disaster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_D...sile_explosion


Sort of harsh but Clinton was governor of Arkansas at the time. Turning
Little Rock into a glow in the dark crater would have eliminated a lot
of future problems.

On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:43:15 -0800 (PST), Dean Hoffman
wrote:

The tv story I saw was apparently a bit misleading.
It's "Mysteries of the Unknown". (S1,E18)
A plane hauling two nuke bombs lost a wing and crashed. The tv story made it sound as if only a couple toggle switches stood between safety and disaster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash


There have been quite a few incidents they don't like talking about
but theoretically the bomb detonators are pretty secure. That still
doesn't stop the plutonium from getting scattered around if the case
ruptures or just one of the explosive charges goes off.