Historical Tidbit: "Nuclear friendly fire was a real possibility" · 12:10pm February 4th
From Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb, by Richard Rhodes, regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis:
Air Defense Command F-106s armed with nuclear air-to-air missiles scrambled at Volk Field in Wisconsin on October 25 when a launch klaxon went off in the middle of the night. With practice alert drills canceled at DefCon 3, the interceptor crews assumed they were going to war. Since they had not been briefed that SAC bombers were aloft dispersing and did not know SAC airborne alert routes, nuclear friendly fire was a real possibility. The launch klaxon sounding was a mistake; an Air Force guard at the Duluth Sector Direction Center had sounded a sabotage alarm that somehow keyed the klaxon at Volk Field. The guard had seen someone climbing the base security fence and had fired at the figure. An officer flashing his car lights managed to stand down the F-106s; on closer inspection, the saboteur had turned out to be a bear.
"""Nuclear friendly fire"""
Funny, I was just reading about the air to air nuclear missiles yesterday.
Someone found one in a garage...
(Fortunately it didn't have a warhead or propellant)
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68189568
Yes, it's bizarre :D
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Well, if you're a bit lax about definitions, nuclear friendly fire was once a reality since US accidentally nuked Spain a tiiiiny bit