Do they bother you? The realization that we can have nukes flying over our heads, and no one would know about it? And I don’t mean any kind of government cover up, either. I mean, No One Knew About It. Not even the people in charge, until after the fact. Or the people flying the plane, for that matter.
Air Force investigates mistaken transport of nuclear warheads
This is the kind of mistake that you couldn’t write into a book because it wouldn’t be plausible.
“Your main characters transport nuclear warheads without even realizing it? What? Did their mothers use their heads as ironing boards when they were kids? Gimme a break!”
Aren’t there supposed to be strict rules and guidelines that surround the handling of something as not-so-trivial as a nuke? These are not your car keys that you forgot back at the apartment. This isn’t the garbage that you keep meaning to take outside when you go. These are destroy-the-world bombinations! (Six of them, to be precise. Mounted on cruise missiles.)
And I love how the spokeperson made sure to announce that the public was never in any danger and that the nukes couldn’t have exploded in the first place. Honestly, I’m not so worried about that. I’m worried about a system where the nukes slipped under the radar at all.
Thoughts? Tirades?
I see that smile.
Amazing isn’t it? I wonder how long it’ll be before those maniac neo-cons realise that they can set off a nuke in an unpopulated desert somewhere in the US, blame it on the mad mullahs, and use the lie to flatten Iran and anyone else who disagrees with their brand of “democracy”. Whatever you say about the Republicans, Stalin would be proud of them.
I guess it’s a good thing I’ve invested my life’s savings in that super-secret, nuclear survival bunker. Now, once the contractor actually tells me which mountain he hid the thing inside, I’m all set.
Thoughts? Tirades?
No…I’m just going to sit here in the corner with a blanket over my head, whimpering and shivering…
Better yet, wait until you hear the air raid sirens and duck under your desk. That’ll protect you.