The U.S. military is missing six nuclear weapons

Re:The U.S. military is missing six nuclear weapons by petre on Saturday March 18, 2023 @01:40AM (#35206456)

Wait, they train with live nukes? Why? Just in case we need to nuke North Korea? A military exercise is taking place as we speak all while Kim Jong Um is launching ICBMs to show off.

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Re:The U.S. military is missing six nuclear weapons by mwint on Monday March 20, 2023 @04:42PM (#35238393)

Probably because the only real way to know you can fly with real nukes is to fly with real nukes. Anyone who has done integration testing with mocked stuff knows you never have a perfect analog.

Imagine if the practice nukes armed with an “ARM” command, but the real ones expect “ARM\n”… that kinda stuff.

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Re:The U.S. military is missing six nuclear weapons by waste_monk on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:24PM (#35241805)

Or "arm, please"... nuclear weapons demand respect :)

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