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Hellfire Missile Mistakenly Shipped To Cuba

Posted by timothy on from the blockade-would-do-the-trick-oh-wait dept.

HughPickens.com writes: NPR reports that a Hellfire missile that was supposedly shipped to Europe for military exercises in 2014 somehow ended up in Cuba. It's still a mystery as to how the missile reached Cuba but the incident has "confounded investigators and experts who work in a regulatory system designed to prevent precisely such equipment from falling into the wrong hands." According to sources, Lockheed Martin sent the missile to Europe for a NATO training exercise — and on its return, it ended up on a plane to Havana, where it was impounded. A US government official familiar with the situation calls it a "dummy" missile that lacks a warhead or guidance system. Originally designed to be launched from helicopters, Hellfire missiles have also been used to arm drone aircraft in recent years — one was credited with killing "Jihadi John" in a US operation. Since the missile arrived in Cuba in 2014, U.S. requests for its return have gone unheeded.

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  1. In other words... by Forthan+Red · · Score: 1, Funny

    No warhead. No guidance system. So basically we shipped them a big paperweight.

    1. Re:In other words... by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 4, Funny

      I suspect it was not a mistake. You have to remember that our "Dear Leader" is not playing for the home team.

      Alex Jones called - He wants you to come back because this is a comspiracy that needs looking into.

      I heard it was Oblama, Helllary, Michael Moore, and Barny Frank, broke into the warehouse this missile was housed in, killed all the medal of honor winners who were peaceably having their Thursday night prayer meeting for the unborn babies and the second amendment, then held a satanic mooslim death mass, before shipping the missile off as a tribute payment to their leader, Fidel (God of the Democrats) Castroil.

      You can use that as part of your conspiracy, reboot. Alex will love ya for it.

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    2. Re:In other words... by 6ULDV8 · · Score: 4, Funny

      > It'd still be quite interesting to have a look at that missile. Even really basic things like hinges and reinforcement hull struts might give you ideas how to improve other missiles.

      No way they'd do that and risk violating the DMCA.

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  2. School girls by fluffernutter · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Since the missile arrived in Cuba in 2014, U.S. requests for its return have gone unheeded."

    But boy do they giggle like school girls every time the next request comes in.

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