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Originally Posted by US IRON
A while ago an automated robot sentry machine gun accidentally killed many soldiers after it was turned on as a demonstration. The only reason it didn't kill more, was because it ran out of bullets! It only had 400 if I recall correctly. The company that made it no-doubt said "it could never happen".
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Without a reliable source I find this claim very hard to believe.
Humanity has lived under the threat of annihilation since the Cold War in a very direct from and that has never gone away and never will.You would be right to be more concerned about India and Pakistan they are the two most likely to by accident or purposefully use their nukes against each other.
I personally disagree with the concern of a fire or other accident on a nuclear sub causing a lunch.I can base this on people that I know personally that work on them one person is no longer active and worked in the propulsion and another works in fire control(the section that actually fires the missiles)neither has ever expressed concern about an accidental launch.
The more plausible launch "accident" I think really would be more of an intentional launch without outer command but this would require every single member of the crew to be in agreement otherwise it would not be possible.
Of course the thing is nothing lasts forever in the universe or on earth if the dinosaurs had been capable of cognitive thought they would likely have felt fairly confident yet they all died out.At some point the sun will die and before it does all life on earth will be extinguished.At any time a meteorite could strike earth and cause serious species threatening problems.Heck one just barely missed earth this year over Siberia it was not known off until it appeared in the morning sky.
My advice do not spend much time worrying about things that you have no control over and just enjoy your life finite as it is.Everything is made of up the remains of stars anyway.
Sorry to break this news to you Cyber but some day you are going to die so you had better make the most of the time that you do have because you have no idea if you are going to die tomorrow or at 105 years of age.Odd are in your favor that you will live at least into your 90's.