Reply #37: There is no way the weapons would have moved without a top-level directive

[Ichingcarpenter]

There is no way the weapons would have moved without a top-level directive to do so, because of treaty obligations dating to the Cold War, because of the potential for really big problems in the wrong hands, or if there's a crash during transport. There are radiological reports needed because of the gamma activity inherent from the design of these things, dealing with where they went, who was exposed, how much dose, etc., which requires a monitored crew. Things like this are most vulnerable to interdiction in transit.