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2008-03-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Pentagon Admits Mistaken Nuclear Missile Fuses Shipment

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-03-25 12:23|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Oops, some kind of unknown outside tricked me into choosing the wrong category. Not my fault, obvioulsy.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-03-25 12:26|| 2008-03-25 12:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Boy, I bet the Chinese had their entire padding for their seat cushions disappear after hearing that news. Not surprising the AF fixed and admitted the issue as quickly as possible before seat cushions started coming out of Chinese mouths.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-03-25 14:15|| 2008-03-25 14:15|| Front Page Top

#3 So according to the AP, the 'batteries' were first packaged in 2005 and they compare them to the nuclear weapons loaded on the B-52s occurring 'in recent months.'
wonder what the technician thought when he pulled the diehard out of the box; probably spent several months looking for the terminals.....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-03-25 14:36|| 2008-03-25 14:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Of course this was a mistake....

Now how are you doing getting Little Kimmie in line with his denuclearization?

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-25 19:09|| 2008-03-25 19:09|| Front Page Top

#5 "mistakenly shipped to Taiwan four electrical fuses designed for use on intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Pentagon said Tuesday, but has since recovered them and launched an investigation."

Ummm, I'd have chosen a less unfortunate word there.

But that's just me....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-25 19:46|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-03-25 19:46|| Front Page Top

#6 I wonder if Procopius hasn't got the gist of it.

Posted by lotp 2008-03-25 20:06|| 2008-03-25 20:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Now, if we could just find those four ICBMs...
Joe, what did you load in those helicopter containers? The helicopters are still over here.

Posted by Darrell 2008-03-25 20:20|| 2008-03-25 20:20|| Front Page Top

#8 I'd have chosen a less unfortunate word there.

With your vocabulary, I'd hope so.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-03-25 21:03|| 2008-03-25 21:03|| Front Page Top

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