Group: seattle.politics
From: dangerman
Date: Saturday, September 08, 2007 3:38 AM
Subject: Re: Why Was A Nuclear Armed Bomber Allowed To Fly Over The US?

Gattman wrote:
> "dangerman" < @ > wrote in message
> news:RqudnaMPQeCGPnzbnZ2dnUVZ8rKdnZ2d@ ...
>> Gattman wrote:
>>> "dangerman" < @ > wrote in message
>>> news:iY-dnRQoEvRGF3zbnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@ ...
>>>
>>>>> Nor should it have received a Lot of meeja attention. Such
>>>>> nuclear-armed flights were common and routine scarce thirty or so
>>>>> years ago.
>>>> They were not.
>>> They certainly were. Nuclear weapons don't transport themselves, nor are
>>> they made in the air bases where they're stored.
>> But they are moved by truck, not by airplane. The nuclear armed flights
>> all flew toward the USSR, ie north from north dakota.
>
> January 13, 1964, Cumberland, Maryland
>
> A B-52D bomber carrying two nuclear weapons crashed approximately 17 miles
> southwest of Cumberland, Maryland.
> /Issues/NukeAccidents/
>
> Question: Is Canada southwest of Maryland?

Which part of "without its fissile core" don't you understand?