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Re:The U.S. military is missing six nuclear weapons by somedude895 on Saturday March 18, 2023 @12:54AM (#35206223)
If you were to find one of these, would it be easy to set it off?
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Re:The U.S. military is missing six nuclear weapons by gibspaulding on Saturday March 18, 2023 @01:19AM (#35206350)
In short, no.

Most of them are in deep water so recovery alone would be a nigh insurmountable task, they all have been sitting in salt water corroding for 65+ years, and they all have been radioactively decaying for the same period. You'd be remanufacturing them from scratch essentially, and probably could have come by the materials with the same budget that the recovery operation would cost.

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Re:The U.S. military is missing six nuclear weapons by winrid on Saturday March 18, 2023 @01:03AM (#35206270)
Asking for a friend?
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Re:The U.S. military is missing six nuclear weapons by spywaregorilla on Saturday March 18, 2023 @09:33AM (#35209018)
Regardless of security, and recovery, and repair expertise, the nuclear explosion point would not work anymore.
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