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Re:A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe by 7952 on Sunday September 22, 2019 @03:27PM (#21043359)
It's a feature really. A bomb that is too safe has lower detterance value. And because we really don't want to have a nuclear war it would be irresponsible to have bombs that are too safe.
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Re:A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe by mikeash on Sunday September 22, 2019 @04:39PM (#21043782)
This was an actual reason for not having authentication devices, and why the Minuteman force had a password of 00000000 for a couple of decades. But it doesn’t apply to safety in a fire.
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Re:A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe by toomanybeersies on Sunday September 22, 2019 @10:42PM (#21045549)
Dr Strangelove? Is that you?
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Re:A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe by 7952 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @08:15AM (#21069969)
yee haw!
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