Until almost 1980s 50 missiles had a nuclear launch code of 00000000

[The Conservative]

https://gizmodo.com/for-20-years-the-nu ... 1473483587

Our launch checklist in fact instructed us, the firing crew, to double-check the locking panel in our underground launch bunker to ensure that no digits other than zero had been inadvertently dialed into the panel.

[TheReal_ND]

There's a site called damn interesting that had covered some of the near misses we've had with nukes. It's almost like divine intervention we haven't nuked anyone since Japan.

[Ph64]

There's a site called damn interesting that had covered some of the near misses we've had with nukes. It's almost like divine intervention we haven't nuked anyone since Japan.

Judging from some of them it's a miracle we haven't nuked ourselves yet.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Gubmint.

[TheReal_ND]