Saturday, October 20, 2007

Loose Nukes Heads Roll

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It's with stories like this that cynicism becomes a healthy trait, I honestly think this story goes a whole lot deeper than what is being admitted to. You might want to check out my previous posting on this issue, a tad disturbing to say the least.


Four Air Force colonels have been relieved of their commands and more than 65 lower-ranking officers and airmen have been disciplined over a series of errors that led to a B-52 flight in August from North Dakota to Louisiana with six nuclear-armed cruise missiles that no one realized were under the plane's wing.

"This was an unacceptable error that resulted in an unprecedented string of procedural failures," Maj. Gen. Richard Y. Newton III, assistant deputy chief of staff for operations, said yesterday in reporting on a six-week Air Force probe. "Our investigation found that there has been an erosion of adherence to weapons handling standards" at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, where the flight began, and at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, Newton said.more


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We're Not Talking Paintball We're Talking Nukes

Six Loose Nukes: Is This The Story?

"Simple Error" My Ass

Air Force refused to fly weapons to Middle East theater

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