Air Force had eyes on them!

[PRBuzz]

Doesn't this make you feel safe:

Communications with some 50 nuclear missiles were disrupted for 45 minutes on Saturday, making it more difficult to launch them and sending the military scrambling to determine the cause of the incident, according to defense officials.

The incident was significant enough that President Barack Obama was briefed on it this week.

A defense official said a power failure disrupted communications between a control center and the missiles at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming.

There was no danger of an accidental launch, officials said, and the Air Force had eyes on the missiles at all times. "There was no threat to the public," said the defense official. The cause of the power failure remains un known, but it is not believed to be malicious

[Raven]

ufo's haven't acted maliciously

they can disrupt our power anytime....

they just want us to know that

[Piscator]

They forgot to pay the electric bill

[JohnnyD]

The most powerful and deadly weapons in the world that could end humanity within minutes don't have multiple redundancies for electricity and communications?

[PRBuzz]

It doesn't matter, Bill Clinton lost the launch codes anyways.....

[Piscator]

I think he stuck those codes in the same place he put that cigar...........

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

The most powerful and deadly weapons in the world that could end humanity within minutes don't have multiple redundancies for electricity and communications?

A little more info....and they do have redundancies.

Communication between 50 nuclear missiles and the launch control center at the F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming was disrupted over the weekend by a hardware failure in a launch control computer, CBS News reported.

Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Todd Vician said the incident lasted for less than one hour on Saturday, and never interfered with the military's ability to launch the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles that are part of the 319th Missile Squadron. According to The Associated Press, the White House wasn't briefed about the failure until Tuesday morning.

"There was a temporary interruption and the missiles themselves were always protected by multiple, redundant, safety, security and command and control features," Air Force spokesperson Christy Nolta told The Atlantic. "At no time was there any danger to the public."

Base personnel have inspected all 50 missile sites, and found no evidence of damage or foul play. Hardware problems also triggered a similar failure 12 years ago at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.

[striperman36]

that stuff, particularly if its minuteman missiles must be so old, that the wires just fell off.
But I am suprised there was no redundancy in the system