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Nuclear incidents, “U.S. peacekeepers”: the Grand failures of U.S.

Ядерные инциденты "американских миротворцев": грандиозные провалы СШАThe US military not once could arrange a nuclear Apocalypse and threaten them in the future world.

The armed forces of the sole superpower actually turned out to be a bunch of “deadly bunglers”, which already several times could make a nuclear Armageddon. Basically the incidents with nuclear weapons at the United States military occur due to poor training of personnel, which is engaged in its maintenance and use.

In 1961, the American leadership decided on an ongoing basis organize an air patrol aircraft with a nuclear weapon. In the same year, American pilots miraculously destroyed a great number of their fellow citizens.

Bomber b-52 over North Carolina dropped two hydrogen bombs. Then disaster averted electronics. In the case of triggering bombs with a total explosive yield amounted to 8 megatons. The infected area could cover the U.S. capital and other cities. As a result, the lives of millions of people would have been called into question.

Later it became known that the fallen bombs equipped with safety system that has serious flaws. You can say that only a miracle saved people in the US from nuclear disaster.

However brave American soldiers tend to the destruction of not only its citizens, but “bombing” of the allies. Another military incident, which could wipe out that part of the territory of Spain, occurred off the coast of the country.

American b-52 during refueling in the Spanish airspace, collided with the tanker. In the incident, the sky has fallen for four heavy-duty bombs. Only by a miracle did not happen nuclear disaster. Some ammunition was damaged, which resulted in radioactive contamination of the terrain.

The US government on liquidation of consequences of spent more than $ 12 million. However, until now finally the consequences of the tragedy have been removed. We can assume that since much time has passed and the situation has changed dramatically. Indeed, the us military has changed, though not for the better.

Not so long ago it became known that the missile sites, where the “cocked” nuclear is screaming, were serving officers systematically used drugs. After it became clear that during the performance of their duties they were in a condition of narcotic intoxication, the US authorities carried out an inspection.

The results revealed that a significant number of American officers with access to “the nuclear button” incompetent. Instead of studying the “material base” the military has learned how to cheat during examinations.

In the end we can conclude that although the United States has the largest nuclear Arsenal in the world, but this fact can not be a pledge of security, and Vice versa – poses a great danger of accidental nuclear disaster, which has long been able to happen more than once. If you consider that the U.S. nuclear capability is in the hands of drug addicts and people that don’t know how to handle it, there may be a repetition of “nuclear incidents” in the future.

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