In article , Cub Driver
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 23:11:48 GMT, "Harley W. Daugherty"
wrote:

Also the mission
profile during a nuclear war left a LOT to be desired.

Did it in fact carry nuclear-tipped missiles?

(What *were* we thinking?)

That a 1 kT airburst is a lot better than 100MT cumulative load
dropped on Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, etc.

I was just a lad then, but I understand the paranoia of the times
and try not to second-guess the guys who had all the facts
and also all the limitations, both technical and political.

--
Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur