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everythingsxen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-07-06 06:21 PM
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3. It's just an overhaul of the computers and..
guidance systems. You gotta remember how old a lot of our arsenal is.

Safer I assume means adding an extra step in the arming procedure. More reliable is no doubt affecting the propulasion system/updating buggy code in the on board coputers.
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  -What the hell is a "safe nuclear weapon"? Dr.Phool  Aug-07-06 06:15 PM   #0 
  - requiring Bush to pass a 3rd-grade math test before he can fire?  arcane1   Aug-07-06 06:17 PM   #1 
  - Our nukes are unreliable????  MrCoffee   Aug-07-06 06:18 PM   #2 
  - Duck and Cover?  MuseRider   Aug-07-06 06:23 PM   #5 
  - It's just an overhaul of the computers and..  everythingsxen   Aug-07-06 06:21 PM   #3 
  - w87, w88  Pavulon   Aug-07-06 06:22 PM   #4 
  - I take it to mean safe to store, rather than safer to use...  Solon   Aug-07-06 06:25 PM   #6 
  - weren't hydrogen bombs  loves_dulcinea   Aug-07-06 06:34 PM   #9 
     - I don't know, the Nuclear Antiproliferation treaty...  Solon   Aug-07-06 06:38 PM   #12 
     - Also, to give an example of how violatile bombs can be...  Solon   Aug-07-06 06:50 PM   #17 
  - A safe nuclear weapon is one that detonates  WestSeattle2   Aug-07-06 06:27 PM   #7 
  - Basically improved electrical circuitry  ThomWV   Aug-07-06 06:29 PM   #8 
  - the scenes from Planet of the Apes:  eviltwin2525   Aug-07-06 06:36 PM   #11 
  - To bushco it means it will only kill living things.  dogman   Aug-07-06 06:34 PM   #10 
  - The safest form of weapon is a plowshare  sweetheart   Aug-07-06 06:39 PM   #13 
  - What the HELL is a "safe weapon"? I had this conversation...  AX10   Aug-07-06 06:46 PM   #14 
  - One that blows up in another country, preferably to the east.  Bleachers7   Aug-07-06 06:47 PM   #15 
  - One that cheney, b* & Co. can't get their grimy hands on! n/t  Breeze54   Aug-07-06 06:49 PM   #16 
  - One that blows up over there  CatholicEdHead   Aug-07-06 07:01 PM   #18 
  - Read the "Jesus Factor....  Phrogman   Aug-07-06 07:43 PM   #19 
 

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