Boneyard Files: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress – The Cold War Sentinels in the Sand.

[SoCal Mac]

https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbird-articles/boneyard-files/boeing-b-52-stratofortress.html

I remember when they were being cut into pieces using a large crane chopping them into pieces with a 13,000-pound steel guillotine and left in place.

Part of START I (1991): Mandated drastic reductions in nuclear arsenals, requiring the physical elimination of 365 B-52s. The bombers were stripped of usable parts and sliced into five pieces so Soviet reconnaissance satellites could visually verify their destruction.