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Come Inside... => Saloon Bar => Topic started by: Grumpmeister on July 25, 2008, 11:06:21 AM
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Jesus, if they arent accidentally loading live nuclear weapons on bombers flying across the US they are falling asleep while in posession of the sodding launch codes.
Granted these were old codes but even so how in the hell could you have such a laspe in discipline when you are dealing with components or codes relating to the most destructive weapons on the planet??
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A three-member U.S. ballistic missile crew fell asleep while in possession of classified launch codes for nuclear missiles, the Air Force said on Thursday.
But the launch codes were old and had been deactivated, and there was no actual security breach, according to an Air Force investigation that found only a violation of procedures.
The incident, which occurred July 12 at the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, is only the latest embarrassing error involving the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
The same installation was the site of a mix-up last year in which nuclear weapons were loaded by mistake onto a B-52 bomber that then flew across the United States to a military base in Louisiana.
That foul-up, which was followed by revelations that the Air Force had also sent nuclear fuses to Taiwan by mistake, prompted U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates to take the unprecedented step of firing the Air Force's civilian and military leadership last month.
The Air Force said in a statement that an investigation into the latest problem showed the missile crew was in possession of components that contained deactivated launch codes at a missile alert facility.
"A crew reported they fell asleep while watching the components," the Air Force said in a statement.
"The codes had remained secured in containers using locks which combos were known only to the crew during the entirety of the incident. Additionally, access to the (facility) was continually controlled by Air Force security."
"The investigation concluded there was no compromise of the codes," the statement added.
Commanders of the Air Force's 91st Missile Wing at Minot will decide whether to discipline the missile crew.
Air Force officials said missile launch codes are routinely changed as a matter of security. The codes were located inside electronic components used to communicate with missiles while still in their silos, officials said.
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I would like a nuclear weapon of my own. So many possible targets eveilgrin:
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I would like a nuclear weapon of my own. So many possible targets eveilgrin:
scared2:
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I passed through Rhyl yesterday. That would be on the list!
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You could have called in cussing:
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It was late in the afternoon and my powers of walking had escaped me again. Andy and The Boy had to lift me out of the car when we got back here cussing:
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cussing:
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I would like a nuclear weapon of my own. So many possible targets eveilgrin:
Nick you don't need one to cause destruction & devastation. Just go visit the offending area & let nature run its course whistle: