[HN Gopher] What's it like hauling nuclear weapons across the co...
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       What's it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country?
        
       Author : Stratoscope
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2021-07-19 21:34 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | wolverine876 wrote:
       | I don't know the security, of course, but because of the value to
       | some parties of a nuclear weapon or some of its components, I
       | wonder how it could be adequately secured in a convoy on the open
       | highway.
        
         | vkou wrote:
         | The problem with highway robbery is that you have very limited
         | means of getting whatever you stole transported somewhere else.
         | 
         | This isn't the 18th century, anymore. A semi carrying stolen
         | cargo can't just bushwack its way away with the loot.
        
           | PaulDavisThe1st wrote:
           | 1 word: Sikorsky
        
       | robbiet480 wrote:
       | > The salary range for an NV-01 (basic) federal agent NMC is
       | $48,682 to $76,981.
       | 
       | For the amount of training required for this job and personal
       | risk, I'm shocked at the low salary band.
        
         | allenrb wrote:
         | Just speculating, but is it possible that this provides a path
         | to other, more senior federal agent gigs?
        
         | throwaway0a5e wrote:
         | Nobody does it for the money. Everyone does it for the bennies.
         | 
         | This is probably the least risky OTR trucking job ever since
         | you have so many people making sure everything goes right and
         | you don't have dispatch pushing you to do insane shifts that
         | stretch the law.
        
           | wolverine876 wrote:
           | > Nobody does it for the money. Everyone does it for the
           | bennies.
           | 
           | Is that based on experience?
        
             | throwaway0a5e wrote:
             | >Is that based on experience
             | 
             | Yeah pretty much. Ask any government worker why they're
             | still working for the government and they'll tell you
             | something about benefits and stability.
        
               | wolverine876 wrote:
               | Government workers I know seem to primarily credit
               | reasonable hours (e.g., government coders don't get 100+
               | hour weeks; they go home at 5) and decent management
               | (i.e., actual professional management, not screaming
               | morons), but certainly stability and benefits too.
        
           | ttul wrote:
           | Imagine the security going on behind the scenes that the
           | drivers never even know about...
        
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