Yanks 'mistakenly' arm B-52 with 6 nukes
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WASHINGTON -- A B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states last week, prompting an Air Force investigation and the firing of one commander, Pentagon officials said Wednesday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/05/AR2007090500762.html
Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, called the mishandling of the weapons "deeply disturbing" and said the committee would press the military for details. Rep. Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the Homeland Security committee, said it was "absolutely inexcusable..." ...
Yanks!
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nxt up coming news.. accidental release of nuke??Originally posted by lwflee:
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back to cold war?
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aiyo...dangerous
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Never bother to read the labelling?
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The Yanks are more afraid Al Queda maybe piloting the B-52 and letting goOriginally posted by duotiga83:back to cold war?
one of those warheads onto Washington or some other US cities...
..then it'll be another "tua lan par" for Bush near the anniversary of 911.. -
Major c*ck up! Walau...
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the thing is this. I am sure it happened before but it is just being reported now who knows right!
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Today's Straits Times mentioned that these cruise missiles have already been decommissioned...wonder why they are flying around with decommissioned nuclear cruise missiles on the pylons...
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if they can lose a H-bomb over the coast of Spain, this isn't considered that bad
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Thats true, happened quite some time back though in 1966. The Yanks actually lost more nuclear weapons as commonly known!Originally posted by the Bear:if they can lose a H-bomb over the coast of Spain, this isn't considered that bad
Check out this link:
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They were transporting it.Originally posted by tankee1981:Today's Straits Times mentioned that these cruise missiles have already been decommissioned...wonder why they are flying around with decommissioned nuclear cruise missiles on the pylons... -
Originally posted by wonderamazement:They were transporting it.
Army Times said the missiles were to be decommissioned but were mistakenly mounted on the bomber's wings.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6980204.stm
They are not just transporting them but mounted these nuclear cruise missiles on the pylons on the wings by mistake. -
You know what they say...Originally posted by the Bear:if they can lose a H-bomb over the coast of Spain, this isn't considered that bad
When the British fire, the Germans duck.
When the Germans fire, the British duck.
When the Americans fire, everyone ducks.