Well... in the 50s and 60s Buffs used to fly Chrome Dome, with a certain number of bombers in the air 24/7, carrying live bombs (four megaton-yield B28 gravity bombs, if memory serves), so at least this was an anomaly, rather than routine practice. But... there was more than one Chrome Dome accident, including at least one crash that created a real mess (bomb casing scattered fissile materials, but didn't detonate), so it was never a good idea.
And how exactly do live nuclear weapons get loaded ACCIDENTALLY? I thought there was supposed to be a whole complex set of security precautions to prevent that.
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Date: 2007-09-05 03:33 pm (UTC)And how exactly do live nuclear weapons get loaded ACCIDENTALLY? I thought there was supposed to be a whole complex set of security precautions to prevent that.