US military loses nuclear parts

[Interceptor]

US military loses nuclear parts

Updated at: 2354 PST, Thursday, June 19, 2008

LONDON: The US military has lost hundreds of sensitive nuclear missile components, in the latest embarrassment for The Pentagon, a foreign newspaper reported Thursday.

Citing US officials familiar with a Pentagon report, the British daily said the US Air Force could not account for many sensitive components previously in its nuclear inventory. One official put the number at over 1,000, it said.

The latest incident comes after blunders which saw live nuclear warheads transported over US skies, and an accidental shipment of nuclear triggers to Taiwan.

A senior official said the report had "identified issues about record keeping" for sensitive nuclear missile components. There was no suggestion they could have ended up in countries that should not have received them, he said.

Earlier this month US Defence Secretary Robert Gates sacked the air force's civilian secretary and chief of staff, blaming them for two major blunders that shook confidence in US control over its nuclear arsenal.

Gates said "a substantial number" of generals and colonels also face possible disciplinary action as a result of an investigation into a mistaken shipment of fuses for nuclear weapons to Taiwan.

US military loses nuclear parts - GEO.tv

 

[Interceptor]

What will they say now.

Oops I did it again?

 

[Neo]

And they have security concerns about our nuclear assets..?

 

[fatman17]

And they have security concerns about our nuclear asstets..?

with the US, its always about the pot calling the kettle black and people in glass houses shouldnt throw stones. what a bunch of hypocrites.

 

[Skywalker]

I wonder where these parts are..China, Iran or Israel.

 

[fatman17]

I wonder where these parts are..China, Iran or Israel.

taiwan, pakistan, india.....who knows!

 

[araz]

I think these things happen every where to a lesser or greater extent. The point is whether it gets publicized or quashed. Just because it has not come out into the open does not mean that it might not have happenned in Pakistan, India or China. In societies where these things are taken notice of, people get shown the door for their incompetance and that is why the blame game goes on. The Americans are masters at it. If you remember the September 11 episode, if you believe all they tell you, How in the name of hell did so many men get into 4 Airoplanes with arms and nobody stopped them? The answer has to be lax security. But is there any news on what happened to the people who were responsible for this grave mistake? It has all been quashed in the interest of projecting the External threat.
Araz

 

[Awesome]

Get off that high horse... NOW!