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How to arm the UK nukes..

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.

Re: How to arm the UK nukes..

Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:43 am

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:

Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:47 am

Do you know why England keeps their Nuclear Devices in Scotland?

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


Shay
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Semper Fortis

Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:57 am

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

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

Regards,
Mike

Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:16 am

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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