“...in 1962, Robert McNamara ordered every nuclear weapon locked with numerical codes. Effect: None. Irritated by the restriction, Strategic Air Command set all the codes to strings of zeros. The Defense Department didn’t learn of the subterfuge until 1977.”
That’s funny, and somewhat disturbing. But also reassuring.
I remember reading somewhere that the Soviets armed FROG artillery missles with nuclear warheads in the event of a U.S. landing in Cuba in ‘62. Man, that was stupid. Tactical nukes scare me more than the big boys.
To follow the Dr. Strangelove meme: And I got a fair idea of the kind of personal emotions that some of you fella's may be thinking. Heck, I reckon you wouldn't even be human beings if you didn't have some pretty strong personal feelings about nuclear combat.