I saw this last night and was beside myself. The techincal advice seemed to have come exclusively from Hollywood films, and the only 'expert' was the chair of CND. Surely the MoD could have put someone on to point out that:
a. There were numerous checks (and codes!) in the process of launching a nuclear-armed aircraft - and the guards weren't just there to keep spetsnatz out, they had orders to shoot the crew if they got to a certain point without the right authentication.
b. It's pretty irrelevant to discuss WE177 anyway, as we don't use them any more.
c. The US incident was nowhere near as serious as it was made out on the programme - if you believed that, it was like they left a B-52 in an unguarded layby while they went home for the weekend.
d. You can't run a credible deterrent if it can be neutralised with one bomb on Westminster.
Last edited by Occasional Aviator; 16th Nov 2007 at 08:31.
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