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Message Subject Sep 18-19 1980 in Arkansas a 9-megaton W53 nuclear warhead was ejected from it's Silo after a accident exploded the Missile.
Poster Handle Anonymous Coward
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Do you have any idea how hard it is to kickstart a fission reaction? The best minds on this planet worked on it for years. The implosion type device, in particular.

Unintended nuclear explosion is... well, impossible.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 70294012


Not impossible - just unlikely.

Unintended criticality and radiation/fallout release is quite possible. There are many safeties, but nothing is failsafe.
 
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