Can we trust Iran with nuclear weapons?

[protectionist]

Better question might be can we trust ourselves with nuclear weapons? To date, we've lost 6 including a hydrogen bomb somewhere in Georgia.

Broken Arrows Nuclear Weapons Accidents atomicarchive.com

"Date: January 17, 1966
Location: Palomares, Spain
A B-52 carrying four nuclear weapons collided with a KC-135 during refueling operations and crashed near Palomares, Spain. One weapon was safely recovered on the ground and another from the sea, after extensive search and recovery efforts. The other two weapons hit land, resulting in detonation of their high explosives and the subsequent release of radioactive materials. Over 1,400 tons of soil was sent to an approved storage site.

Date: December 5, 1965
Location: Pacific Ocean
An A-4E Skyhawk attack aircraft loaded with one B43 nuclear weapon rolled off the deck of the USS Ticonderoga. Pilot, plane and weapon were never found.

1950s

Date: November 10, 1950
Location: Quebec, Canada
A B-50 jettisoned a Mark 4 bomb over the St. Lawrence River near Riviere-du-Loup, about 300 miles northeast of Montreal. The weapon's HE [high explosive] detonated on impact. Although lacking its essential plutonium core, the explosion did scatter nearly 100 pounds (45 kg) of uranium. The plane later landed safely at a U.S. Air Force base in Maine.

Date: February 5, 1958
Location: Off Georgia, United States
In a simulated combat mission, a B-47 collided with an F-86 near Savannah, Georgia. After attempting to land at Hunter Air Force Base with the nuclear weapon onboard, the weapon was jettisoned over water. The plane later landed safely. A nuclear detonation was not possible since the nuclear capsule was not on board the aircraft. Subsequent searches failed to locate the weapon."

more at link (don't read if your sleep is easily disrupted by unhappy thoughts)

Anything like this happened recently ? If these accidents weren't from half a century ago, this OP might have had some substance to it.

 

[rdean]

Iran. A hard right lunatic radical religious based country that hates gays and wants to kill them and believes in the "end times". They are mostly anti science with a brainwashed base. You can never trust such people. They get their morals out of a book written thousands of years ago by people who didn't know to wash after wiping.

Everyone just assumes I'm talking about the Iranians. Actually, I was, but it's hard to tell.