Hey Rich, thanks for checking on Wilton for us. I was getting worried. :) -Tim On Jan 24, 2016 12:06 PM, "WILTON via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> And the ARM/SAFE switches in both of the bombs were found to be in > SAFE configuration. (When ARM/SAFE switch of the second bomb was found in > the impact hole, it appeared to be in ARM configuration, but Sandia, the > nation's leading nuke testing lab, found that the case was damaged, making > it merely appear to be damaged, but it was, in fact, SAFE.) What is it > about this, then, that makes NatGeo and > others call them ARMED, and NatGeo to even show a photo of a switch in > ARMED > configuration? To embellish and sensationalize the story, do you s'pose? > Sell more "papers?" > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 10:38 AM > Subject: [MBZ] OT NC Nuked! > > > On this day in 1961 a B-52 crashed near Goldsboro, NC (where Wilton >> lives!) and dropped 2 nukes on the unsuspecting populace. Fortunately they >> did not go off. >> >> Aside from that, those airplanes are still in service 55 years later... >> >> --R >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
