US flies nuclear weapons over US...by mistake

[jon1856]

By Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus
Updated: 11:11 p.m. ET Sept 22, 2007


Just after 9 a.m. on Aug. 29, a group of U.S. airmen entered a sod-covered bunker on North Dakota's Minot Air Force Base with orders to collect a set of unarmed cruise missiles bound for a weapons graveyard. They quickly pulled out a dozen cylinders, all of which appeared identical from a cursory glance, and hauled them along Bomber Boulevard to a waiting B-52 bomber.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20926465/

[jon1856]

U.S. ties missile mix-up to reduced nuclear focus

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Air Force mistakenly flew nuclear weapons across the United States last year as a result of eroding discipline spawned by a diminished strategic focus on nuclear weapons, officials said on Tuesday.
A panel of Air Force and independent investigators told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the increased importance of conventional combat missions since the 1991 Gulf War has undermined nuclear-related training and experience.......
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...edName=topNews

[skylark]

"eroding discipline" + "diminished strategic focus" = we really effed up

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

NO BLOOD FOR OIL.

Are you serious? First you blame Bush for a military screw up that he had nothing to do with and now you waste our time with this stupid statement? I am anti war and I dislike Bush but this war is about much more than oil, read a book.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

Are you serious? First you blame Bush for a military screw up that he had nothing to do with and now you waste our time with this stupid statement? I am anti war and I dislike Bush but this war is about much more than oil, read a book.

Down, boy. I'm not thoroughly familiar with shinerbock, but from what I have read from him, my guess is that the post of his you quoted was dripping with extreme sarcasm...

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Down, boy. I'm not thoroughly familiar with shinerbock, but from what I have read from him, my guess is that the post of his you quoted was dripping with extreme sarcasm...

I hope so... but I have heard much crazier stuff from liberals.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

I hope so... but I have heard much crazier stuff from liberals.

Well no worries then 'cuz shiner's no liberal: http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...3&postcount=25

[AKA_Monet]

Wow... Are you all saying the US military ACTUALLY FOUND weapons of mass destruction?

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Well no worries then 'cuz shiner's no liberal: http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...3&postcount=25

Ah, my apologies Shinerbock... I thought you were a hippie who just happened to have a cool screen name.

[PiKA2001]

WOW

The two top AF officials were fired last week, mostly stemming from this incident.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...812228,00.html