Nuclear Nose Cones Mistakenly Shipped to Taiwan
Posted by: kaizenlog in Computer, tags: Nuclear Nose Cones Mistakenly Shipped to Taiwan+—————————–
| Nuclear Nose Cones Mistakenly Shipped to Taiwan |
| from the it’s-ok-it’s-only-our-military dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday March 26, @10:56 (The Military) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org
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[0]Reservoir Hill writes “The Pentagon announced that the United States
had [1]mistakenly shipped to Taiwan four electrical fuses designed for
use on intercontinental ballistic missiles, but has since recovered them.
The mistaken shipment to Taiwan did not include nuclear materials,
although the fuses are linked to the triggering mechanism in the nose
cone of a Minuteman nuclear missile. Taiwanese authorities notified U.S.
officials of the mistake, but it was not clear when the notification was
made. An examination of the site in Taiwan where the components had been
stored after delivery indicated that they had not been tampered with. The
fuses had been in four shipping containers sent in March 2005 from F.E.
Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., to a Defense Logisitics Agency warehouse at
Hill Air Force Base, Utah. It was then in the logistics agency’s control
and was shipped to Taiwan “on or around” August 2006, according to a memo
from Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordering Navy Adm. Kirkland H. Donald
to investigate the incident.”
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