Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking. Login or Take a Tour!
WanderingEng · 3036 days ago · link · · parent · post: 1950s U.S. Nuclear Target List Offers Chilling Insight
Here's my third hand story: a coworker's friend worked at an Air Force nuclear bomber base (specifically KI Sawyer in Michigan's UP) in the ground crew. They'd occasionally load a nuclear bomb in a bomber, presumably for training or transport. If they dropped the bomb in loading, there was a whole ream of paperwork to fill out. The quote my coworker gave was "we had to fill out that paperwork all the fucking time." I just picture a bunch of 20 year old kids wheeling nuclear bombs around and cussing when one hits the tarmac with a thud not because they were concerned about the weapon of mass destruction but because of the paperwork.