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by jhayward 3625 days ago
I have no direct knowledge, but I thought there was special command consent hardware required to arm the bomb. I'd be surprised if nuclear consent capability was standard on every plane.

Edit: After some googling I'm surprised to find that they do indeed all seem to have consent controls standard. Not sure what I think about that.

I read an Air Force safety standards memo[1] which seemed to confirm that the PAL codes are entered on the ground.

[1] http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_se/publica...