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Paper Sheet Protects World from Nuclear Holocaust

A report released this month by the Pentagon has revealed the truth behind the B-52 bomber—loaded with six live nuclear warheads—flying over the US, a mistake that could have had catastrophic consequences. Their explanation: a 8.5 x 11-inch sheet of printed paper used to differentiate between nuclear and conventional missiles. Really, it can't get any more absurd than this: More »

7:45 AM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Jesus Diaz
21,101 views, 109 comments

Latest by ScramDiggyBooBoo: So when it is "accidentally" dropped, do we enter Nuclear War and retaliate against the Russians thinking it was them, cause after all, noone knew about the nukes missing for 36 HOURS! Thats the sad part. " Wait a minute, i more »

gadgets

Got Nukes? Putting It Into Perspective

With all this talk of nuclear weaponry, we would be remiss not to chime in with a stat or two, since nukes are the biggest gadgets of them all, aren't they? Just check out the graph above, with info from the Washington Post, and you'll see the answer to the question, "Who's your daddy?" This puts it into perspective, dontcha think? More »

10:46 AM on Tue Oct 10 2006
By Charlie White
2,463 views, 86 comments