The day a nuclear Mirage 4 was wrongly "Doomsday" scrambled.

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The day a nuclear Mirage 4 was wrongly "Doomsday" scrambled.

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http://www.lopinion.fr/blog/secret-defe ... se-3-25009
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Ignoring urgent radio calls to come back, strictly following "anti disinformation procedures" and all...
" In 1966, in Orange, crew on alert A15, Mirage IVA armed AN21.

Alarm horn + DG (Takeoff of War) illuminated to teledisplay, black on red = immediate,

The attempts to recall the aircraft by the OPO and the Cdt d'Escadre were ignored by the crew (according to procedure), which circled over the Alps pending confirmation of mission and order (Which of course did not come) .
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Re: The day a nuclear Mirage 4 was wrongly "Doomsday" scramb

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I suppose they blamed it on a faulty Say Urr Emm cent-quatorze ....
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