Interesting story and geez was it a lucky breaak.


Careless talk, they used to say during the Second World War, costs lives. Careless handling of nuclear weapons – banging them about and dropping them like so much scrap metal – could cost a great deal more.

Two of Britain’s most serious nuclear weapons accidents in the 1980s were caused by continual lapses in safety procedures, and were much more serious than was admitted at the time. However, the Ministry of Defence continued to insist yesterday that there had been no risk to the public on either occasion.

Newly declassified documents obtained by New Scientist magazine detail the incidents in which the weapons were dropped or damaged while they were being moved.


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the Ministry of Defence continued to insist yesterday that there had been no risk to the public on either occasion.

I've yet to see any official statement from any country admiting there ever is a threat to public safety.

I am sure there is a collective amnesia going on.

If there is ever a major nuclear accident here in the US the public won't be told until they see the mushroom cloud.