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The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2494129.0.0.php

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PLANS TO refurbish Trident nuclear weapons had to be put on hold because US scientists forgot how to manufacture a component of the warhead, a US congressional investigation has revealed.
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Offline Kosh

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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
:lol:
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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
They should ask the Russians. They probably have the plans somewhere. :D
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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
No one thought to write that down... :nervous:
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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
Hoh! Let's just hope they don't start guessing.

 

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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
I THINK THIS STYROFOAM I HAVE IN THE BACK OF MY CAR WILL WORK =D

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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
Where's Nuke when they need him?   :nervous:
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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
Working for the Chinesee.
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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
Will build thermonuclear devices for food.
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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
Somebody call MacGyver!
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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
Apparently it was so top secret, the hid the only plans, then couldn't find them again.
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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
Have they tried looking under the pillow?

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Offline BloodEagle

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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
This kind of thing isn't new.  NASA forgot how to make a particular material, if memory serves.

 

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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
.... What if.... What if we all forget how to build nukes, and then... then we forget how to maintain them, and they break down to the point that they're useless, so we dispose of them, and then no one has nukes and no one know how to make any more.... it'll never happen. :blah:
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Offline terran_emperor

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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
I can just imagine it.

General: We need 2 dozen Trident missiles. and We need them by next tuesday.
Scientist: We could have them ready by thursday...but there is one little tiny baby problem...
General: and what is that
Scientist: We forgot how to make them and no-one has the plans.
General: That's two problems...WHAAAAAT?!
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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
this is why plans to nuclear devices should be open source
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Should I be amused? :confused:

 

Offline Herra Tohtori

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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
Didn't the same thing (kinda) happen with F-14 Tomcat part molds? IIRC they were destroyed, making manufacture of large spare parts of the airframe prohibitively expensive, hence the decision to scrap F-14 and replace it with F/A-18 Super Hornets and F-35 Lightning II's (for the better or the worse). Can't remember what the details of this occurrence were specifically, though.

I can't help but feel that this kind of things don't happen by chance or accident, but politics.
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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:



How the hell does this **** even happen

 

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Re: The US 'forgets' how to make the Trident Missile
And I always thought dystopian fiction that had people forgetting all of our old technology was improbable.

But this, coupled with ruins suggesting flush toilets and plumbing in the Ancient Indus Valley is enough to prove how fragile technological knowledge is.