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Not recent, but in 2007 a B-52 took off with six AGM-129 cruise missiles. [1] All were recovered. The root cause: "A later investigation found that the reason
by rarecoil 7y ago
Not recent, but in 2007 a B-52 took off with six AGM-129 cruise missiles. [1] All were recovered. The root cause:
"A later investigation found that the reason for the error was that the electronic production system for tracking the missiles 'had been subverted in favor of an informal process that did not identify the pylon as prepared for the flight.'"
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_United_States_Air_Force_nuclear_weapons_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_United_States_Air_Force_n...