Comments:Mass suspensions and relief of duties after US B-52 flew with armed nuclear missiles

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Radiation Leak edit

What is the estimated amount of a radiation that might leak if the aircraft mistakenly carrying the nuclear weapons had crashed? Minot has certainly lived up to the city's logo: "Why Not Minot?"

WTH went wrong here? edit

I know this story is old but I was once a B-52 462 Weapons ALCM LSC crew member and with ALL the operational redundancies and security on these weapons, how exactly did this happen? Where did the chain break? I never heard about "what I call a Bent Spear situation" on the news and sure didn't get much attention by the press. Anytime I was around live nukes there were lots of people with guns who loved to jack -up guys violating the no-lone zone law... How did these get out of the WSA undetected? WOW I'm shocked and its 5yrs. later —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.91.190.90 (talkcontribs) 21:29, 30 December 2013