Talk:Mark 4 nuclear bomb

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[edit] In-flight insertion

In the Travis AFB article at [1], it is mentioned that the conventional explosives in one of these Mark 4's exploded when the plane carrying the bomb crashed. "The plutonium pit was transported on another plane", the article says. Was this due to the IFI feature, and is it possible this prevented a nuclear explosion? 169.237.10.220 (talk)