Ok ok 1 last post haha i'm bored on my birthday day at work.
Notes: 1. The amount of security and planning to move one nuclear weapon in the U.S. is the same as moving the President. 2. The air force has never been grounded for "procedural review" in history. 3. Something's up on Sept 14.
Military admits bomber mistakenly flew nukes across country
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A B-52 bomber mistakenly carried six nuclear
warheads on air-launched cruise missiles on a flight from North Dakota
to Louisiana last week, prompting a major investigation, military
officials have confirmed. The plane took the cruise missiles
last Thursday from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base for
decommissioning, but the warheads should have been removed from the
missiles before they were attached to the B-52, according to military
officials. The crew was unaware that they were carrying nuclear
weapons, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because
of the extraordinary sensitivity and security surrounding the case. The
mistake was discovered after the plane's six-hour flight to Louisiana.
Lt. Col. Ed Thomas said that while the military does not publicly
discuss nuclear weapons procedures, in this case the Air Force decided
to acknowledge the incident in order to reassure the public.
"The public was never in any danger," Thomas said. But officials also
said the incident was a major breach of security rules surrounding
nuclear weapons. One Air Force official said that he could not recall
anything similar happening. The Air Force announced that all flights of
fighters and bombers in the United States will be halted on Sept. 14 to
allow for a review of procedures. --From Pentagon Correspondent Barbara
Starr (Posted 11:56 a.m.)
EDIT (9/20/07): 6 of the personell involved in the flight have died in random accidents (like driving a rental car into the woods in the middle of the night and running into a tree) in the past few weeks: Sept 10: http://www.komotv.com/news/local/9679367.html Sept 12: http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=10465 Sept 15: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070915/BREAKINGNEWS/70915012
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