Well, the story is already on wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-129_ACM
Operational History The B-52H bomber can carry up to six AGM-129A missiles on each of two external pylons for a total of 12 per aircraft. The AGM-129A provides the bomber the ability to attack multiple targets without penetrating an air defense system. An AGM-129A impacted the United States Army Dugway Proving Ground on December 10, 1997. The missile damaged two unoccupied trailers that were part of a cosmic ray observatory. The AGM-129A was released over the Utah Test and Training Range from a B-52H bomber assigned to Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The missile had flown for approximately 3.5 hours on its planned route and had fulfilled all test objectives prior to the mishap. The missile was carrying an inert test payload. In March 2007, the USAF announced that it will retire its entire stockpile of AGM-129 missiles.[1] In September 2007 five ACMs loaded on a B-52 were flown across the United States from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La in order to be decommissioned. However the nuclear warheads which should have been removed before the flight were mistakenly left installed.[2] <end> Maybe some nostalgia is in order: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lW4s7TETtJA Terry On 9/5/07, Ron Wormus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jones, > That's is correct I was AF from 69 to 73 but only TDY to Guam in 72-73. It > is hard for me to believe that a nuke armed > B-52 could get off the ground accidently. There are a lot of people & > procedures involved plus the on board electronics > that tells the flight crew the weapon status. > Ron > > --On Wednesday, September 05, 2007 4:13 PM -0700 Jones Beene <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ron - you were a 'Nam era pilot, correct? > > > > Is there any logical way that there could be confusion > > over whether there were five or six missiles ? I guess > > they are in pods, and it takes a trained eye... > > > > The later reports are saying five, the earlier ones > > six... > > > > Does this sound to you like an insider decided, out of > > social conscious, or whatever - to expose what could > > have been a serious breach of national security (like > > sending the missiles to the middle East without > > authorization or worse ? > > > > BTW one report said these were the most modern > > missiles in the arsenal - NOT what would be normal to > > be decommissioned [as DC-spin-doctors want the public > > to believe]. > > > > This could end up being the tip of a "Titanic sized" > > iceberg... > > > > Jones > > > > > > > > > > --- Ron Wormus wrote: > > > >> Amazing. As an long ex B-52 Pilot who sat a lot of > >> alerts I don't see how this could happen > >> accidentally. > >> Ron > >> > >> --On Wednesday, September 05, 2007 3:46 PM -0700 > >> Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > --- Horace Heffner wrote: > >> > > >> >> Do you have a URL on that? > >> > > >> > > >> > > http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gmqA7P-MPnRJzQ5v9Xi6M5zdr9IA > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > >
