B-52 Carried Missiles With Nuclear Warheads To Barksdale

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B-52 Carried Missiles With Nuclear Warheads To Barksdale

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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.

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