Nuclear Nose Cones Mistakenly Shipped to Taiwan

Reservoir Hill writes "The Pentagon announced that the United States had mistakenly shipped to Taiwan four electrical fuses designed for use on intercontinental ballistic missiles, but has since recovered them. The mistaken shipment to Taiwan did not include nuclear materials, although the fuses are linked to the triggering mechanism in the nose cone of a Minuteman nuclear missile. Taiwanese authorities notified U.S. officials of the mistake, but it was not clear when the notification was made. An examination of the site in Taiwan where the components had been stored after delivery indicated that they had not been tampered with. The fuses had been in four shipping containers sent in March 2005 from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., to a Defense Logisitics Agency warehouse at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. It was then in the logistics agency's control and was shipped to Taiwan "on or around" August 2006, according to a memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordering Navy Adm. Kirkland H. Donald to investigate the incident."

Comments

Just makes me think

[Tsoat]

of that oxymoron 'Military Intelligence'

Re:I am afraid...

[smooth wombat]

Can anyone tell me what the USA under the Bush administration has successfully accomplished.

Lying to the American public about the reason to invade a foreign country
Outing of an undercover CIA agent whose husband debunked supposed evidence for why the U.S. should invade said foreign country
Declaring the invasion of said foreign country as "Mission Accomplished" without mentioning how long U.S. troops would be occupying said foreign country
Getting a majority of the American public to believe the 4th and 9th Amendments to the Constitution are irrelevant in today's world
Declaring that torturing someone isn't really torture because there is no lasting physical harm and that we won't do it again

I'm sure I left other things out this administration has done but that should tide you over for now.