B-52 Carried Missiles With Nuclear Warheads To Barksdale

sbl_admin · 09-06-2007, 08:23 AM

The Air Force is investigating an incident Aug. 30 during which a Barksdale B-52 flying home from its sister facility, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., inadvertently carried cruise missiles with nuclear warheads on its wing pylons.

Pocahontas · 09-06-2007, 08:39 AM

No telling what is in close proximity to us at all times living with the base so near by. This is crazy that this happened and no one seemed to know about it! Our enemies will love this story!

AnimeSpirit · 09-06-2007, 09:52 AM

As far as I'm concerned, the military can do whatever it wants in moving and storing their weapons. I've been in the military and I know what kind of measures they take to keep them safe and secure.

I would've been much more worried if a foreign aircraft had landed here with a nuclear bomb attached.

joepole · 09-06-2007, 11:28 AM

>No telling what is in close proximity to us at all times living with the base so near by.

At one point during the Cold War about one fifth of the US's entire nuclear arsenal was at Barksdale.

rhertz · 09-06-2007, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by joepole

At one point during the Cold War about one fifth of the US's entire nuclear arsenal was at Barksdale.

Not only that, during the cold war it was common for B-52's to cruise the skys over the US carrying nukes. I guess mobility is a safer place to keep them rather than on the ground as a fixed target.

joepole · 09-06-2007, 03:34 PM

It's common today for B-52s (and other aircraft) to fly over the US carrying nukes. What made this a big deal was that it was done accidentally.

09-06-2007, 08:23 AM	#1
sbl_admin Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 1,965 Rep Power: 282	B-52 Carried Missiles With Nuclear Warheads To Barksdale The Air Force is investigating an incident Aug. 30 during which a Barksdale B-52 flying home from its sister facility, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., inadvertently carried cruise missiles with nuclear warheads on its wing pylons.

09-06-2007, 08:39 AM	#2
Pocahontas SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,691 Rep Power: 294	No telling what is in close proximity to us at all times living with the base so near by. This is crazy that this happened and no one seemed to know about it! Our enemies will love this story! __________________ "The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain." Jennifer Aniston

09-06-2007, 09:52 AM	#3
AnimeSpirit SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Nowhere Age: 43 Posts: 1,659 Rep Power: 284	As far as I'm concerned, the military can do whatever it wants in moving and storing their weapons. I've been in the military and I know what kind of measures they take to keep them safe and secure. I would've been much more worried if a foreign aircraft had landed here with a nuclear bomb attached. __________________ Confuscious says~

09-06-2007, 11:28 AM	#4
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	>No telling what is in close proximity to us at all times living with the base so near by. At one point during the Cold War about one fifth of the US's entire nuclear arsenal was at Barksdale.

09-06-2007, 03:34 PM	#6
joepole SBLive! Veteran Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,606 Rep Power: 281	It's common today for B-52s (and other aircraft) to fly over the US carrying nukes. What made this a big deal was that it was done accidentally.

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