Would it be possibly to have whole fleets of constantly flying planes assuming the fuel burden wasn't too much, I can think of a few high value areas where it might be worth the deterrent capability of always having a fair few planes constantly scrambled...
> Several high-profile nuclear accidents were associated with the "Chrome Dome" program, including the accidental release of nuclear weapons on foreign territory, and it was shut down in the wake of one such accident in 1968.
Do you have a different link that talks about that? The Wikipedia article says there were no health issues.
“Despite the cost and the number of personnel involved in the cleanup, traces of contamination remained forty years later. Snails were observed with unusual levels of radioactivity.[31] Additional tracts of land were also appropriated for testing and further cleanup. However, no indication of health issues has been discovered among the local population in Palomares.[29]”
It's kind of hard to believe that measurable affects were found among the snails but it hasn't contributed to a case of cancer here or there over the years.
Human cancer that is, although I do feel for the snails.
