By [Airman] Bordne's account, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Air Force crews on Okinawa were ordered to launch 32 missiles, each carrying a large nuclear warhead. Only caution and the common sense and decisive action of the line personnel receiving those orders prevented the launches - and averted the nuclear war that most likely would have ensued.
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Still, to hedge against this possibility, Capt. Bassett ordered his crew to run a final check on each of the missiles' launch readiness. When the captain read out the target list, to the crew’s surprise, three of the four targets were not in Russia. At this point, Bordne recalls, the inter-site phone rang. It was another launch officer, reporting that his list had two non-Russian targets.Why target non-belligerent countries?
You can read the rest of this very interesting story @
http://thebulletin.org/okinawa-missiles-october8826
Nuclear weapons are a BAD idea, but take note that those who have them won't give them up ... while those who don't have them are trying very hard to acquire them. This does not bode well for our future.
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