A B-52 bomber flew across the US last week
mistakenly loaded with up to
six nuclear-armed missiles
, unnamed air force officials are quoted as saying.
The missiles were unaccounted for during a three-hour flight from a North Dakota air base to one in Louisiana.
Air Force spokesman Lt Col Ed Thomas told Army Times the weapons were "always in our custody".
Army Times said the missiles were to be decommissioned but were mistakenly mounted on the bomber's wings.
The W80-1 warhead has a yield of five to 150 kilotons, the paper said.
私たちの生活はたまのミスが重なると一発で滅びるような世界なんですね。
核兵器の上に座って生活してるようなもんです。
