The Single Switch That Saved the East Coast from Nuclear Disaster

Posted by jacquesm on Sunday July 04, 2021 @08:24AM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/the-single-switch-that-saved-the-east-coast-from-nuclear-disaster/279916/

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Re:The Single Switch That Saved the East Coast from Nuclear ... by devetec on Sunday July 04, 2021 @10:36AM (#27729916)

The amount of known nuclear close calls is scary. The fact that disaster has almost struck multiple times shows how we shouldn't have nuclear weapons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls

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Re:The Single Switch That Saved the East Coast from Nuclear ... by k12sosse on Sunday July 04, 2021 @11:55AM (#27730595)

Surely the spread north would not have stopped at the border, as well.

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Re:The Single Switch That Saved the East Coast from Nuclear ... by anotheryou on Sunday July 04, 2021 @10:37AM (#27729926)

so light on the safeties, what failed, why and what didn't and how?

I also assume the parachute on the bombs were not for safety.

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