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HGUCSU
PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:39 am 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/n ... 097101.stm

Simple way to arm the UK nukes.. guess those Vulcan crews and etc had it easy. In the US here we had a more sophicated system.
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HGUCSU wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/7097101.stm
In the US here we had a more sophicated system.


As the B-52 incident a few months back proved......sophisticated doesn't mean failsafe..... :lol:

Ours worked pretty well fault free for the 30 odd years it was used..... :wink:
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Do you know why England keeps their Nuclear Devices in Scotland?

............just in case. :? :wink:


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They design this, but thier nuclear bombs are kept simple.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Napier_Sabre01.jpg

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very confidence inspiring that the brits took such a high tech approach in protecting their boom booms :shock: :roll: nothing like keeping the defense budget down!! i've got some cable locks at my store, 20 bucks each plus shipping, i wonder what the british govt zapped the country for their bike locks???

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