Reply #71: I'd say ease up on the tin foil.

[TheWraith]

For starters, nobody outside of the intelligence world--and maybe not even them--can be sure that those supposed "suitcase bombs" were ever actually built. I personally, based on my research suspect that they produced prototypes, but never an operational version.

As for shipping old nukes on bombers, of course that's normal. For starters, the planes are equipped to carry them; the pilots are authorized to be near them and know emergency proceedures; since they're external, there's no need for added security like if you put them in the cargo area of a C130; and the B52s have some pretty long range. What better way to carry the things?