B-52 mistakenly flies nuclear warheads over continential US
• Raw Story"A B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug 30, resulting in a Air Force-wide investigation, according to three officers who asked not to be indentifie



Now I was curious as to why this was such a big story until you read it and find out they were cruise missiles being transported by the B-52 for decommission and the warheads were never supposed to be inside the missiles. How does that happen?