[toddlintown]

I’ve got an old James Brown DVD here. After “Popcorn” comes “Licking Stick.”

[MeanWestTexan]

The only solution I see is to launch them at Iran before they accidently detonate.

All of them.

[DoughtyOne]

I COULD catch AIDS and die an awful death too. With my lifestyle and age, that’s a very remote possibility. I’m thinking the chances of this nuclear scenario playing out is equally a very remote possibility.

[x]

Mmmmm ... Popcorn ...

[the invisib1e hand]

warheads could set off a chain reaction "like popcorn" if they were accidentally dropped

[Hebrews 11:6]

TicketMaster? StubHub? eBay?

[Dumpster Baby]

The typical scenario would see the weapon being dropped from a crane while being loaded on or off a submarine.

I would think that a Trident warhead going off on the dock or on the sub deck would totally fubar anything and everything in sight, and no mechanical safety design could withstand a nuclear fireball a few yards away. I would think that a warhead going off in the "Sherwood Forest" launch tubes would vaporized everything instantly, so how could it be physically possible to safety the other warheads as they are being vaporized?

I guess I need to read up on designing thermonuclear-proof-at-50-feet hardware.

[txroadkill]

so don’t drop ‘em!

[Uncle Hal]

1700 atomic warheads that could go off at any minute? Whats the problem? Why does Britain have 1700 warheads?

[xDGx]

I think this article is overstating things.

Maybe they would go off like Pop-Tarts or Toasters Strudels, but not popcorn. For that they would need to be near cellphones.

[gitmo]

Obviously, they need warning labels on their warheads:

Dropping nuclear warhead could be hazardous to humanity.

Do not lubricate outside of warhead.

Rub your hands on yhour pants before attempting to carry warhead.

Scratch yourself BEFORE picking up warhead.

Loud popping sounds should be considered warnings of the Apocolypse.