19 September, 2013

QA: Eric Schlosser on the Secret History of America's Nuclear Arsenal | Politics News | Rolling Stone

QA: Eric Schlosser on the Secret History of America's Nuclear Arsenal | Politics News | Rolling Stone: The Air Force has had some real problems with the management of its nuclear weapons in the last few years. The worst incident I wrote about in the book was in 2007. They lost half a dozen of their powerful nuclear weapons for a day and a half. They had been loaded on a plane inadvertently and nobody bothered [to notice] – there was no paperwork required when they were moved from the bunker. It was incredible that that could occur. Since then, again and again, Air Force units that handle nuclear weapons have been decertified or have been punished for safety lapses.