US ships nuclear missile parts by mistake
Oops!
Here are the guys who filled the order
The United States mistakenly sent Taiwan four fuses used to trigger nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles in late 2006 and only discovered the mistake last week.
The fuses were recovered Monday from Taiwan where they were believed to have been held in storage after being mistakenly shipped as helicopter batteries from a Defense Department logistics facility in the United States…
It was the second major nuclear security breach uncovered in just over six months, following the mistaken transfer of nuclear armed cruise missiles from one US base to another aboard a B-52 bomber in September…
Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said the 22-inch long needle nose component does not look like a helicopter battery.
It was nice of the Taiwan military to let us know we’d screwed up.
Posted: Tue - March 25, 2008 at 03:31 PM