But how do we know that they didn’t scribble it down on a PostIt note and stuck it on the panel?
Actually, they had it on a checklist, it was part of their jobs to ensure that…
Bah, what amateurish bosh! To think of how that compares to how a proper, European power protects it’s special weapons!
“It would be invidious to suggest… that Senior Service officers may, in difficult circumstances, act in defiance of their clear orders!”
Great. So not only can I steal a bicycle with a Bic pen, I can also arm a nuclear bomb.
Ooooo
“0 shall be the numbers thou shalt input, and the numbers of the input shall be 0. 1s shalt thou not input, nor either input thou 2s…”
Catch-21 was a spoof on the military world, right, and not a flat-out documentary? I mean, this could literally be lifted right out of the pages of that book. It’s as silly as Major Major only seeing you when he’s not in his office and unable to see you, or the general who won the parades by having his soldiers not move their arms when they marched.
and 3s are right out -
I was a little surprised to see this hit the news again. I remember places reporting on this years ago, but not as widely covered. It must have been rediscovered by a more mainstream source and gotten more attention this time.
This isn’t from years ago but last month:
And yet we are constantly reassured that the people handling these things know what they’re doing.