Re: BBC: British nukes were protected by bike locks

[Dragos Ruiu <dr () kyx net>]

On Friday 23 November 2007 13:54, Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:
> BBC's Newsnight reports:
>
> "Newsnight has discovered that until the early days of the Blair government
> the RAF's nuclear bombs were armed by turning a bicycle lock key."
>
> And later:
> "The Bomb is actually armed by inserting a bicycle lock key into the arming
> switch and turning it through 90 degrees. There is no code which needs to
> be entered or dual key system to prevent a rogue individual from arming the
> Bomb."
>
> More at
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/7097101.stm

Wonder if this means they will have to start confiscating BIC pens
at the guard gates to military compounds? :-P

cheers,
--dr

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