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2008-03-26 China-Japan-Koreas

US mistakenly sent nuclear missile fuses to Taiwan

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Posted by Steve White 2008-03-26 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1725 views ] Top

1 Some shipping 'errors' to Japan would be helpful...

Posted by john frum 2008-03-26 07:47|| 2008-03-26 07:47|| Front Page Top

2 Hmmm. Taiwan couldn't have any use for nuclear fuses could it? Anyone? China?

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-03-26 07:55|| 2008-03-26 07:55|| Front Page Top

3 Pretty thin cover.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-03-26 08:55|| 2008-03-26 08:55|| Front Page Top

4 "helicopter batteries", "nuclear fuses", heyyy anybody could make that mistake. They're right on the shelf next to each other, plus they are spelled nearly the same.....er....

but we got em back, although disassembled, so no harm - no foul

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-03-26 10:28|| 2008-03-26 10:28|| Front Page Top

5 Ahh, that's nothing. Wait unil we mistakenly send cruise missiles to Iran.

Experience the excitement of terminal guidance.
Thrill as seekers lock on to their targets.
Savor the finely worded diplomacy of our almost sincere apologies.
Oops!

Posted by SteveS 2008-03-26 11:16|| 2008-03-26 11:16|| Front Page Top

6 From yesterday's article it sounded like the fuse was used on MIRVs to separate the missile shroud or the warheads from the missile bus. Nothing to do with nuclear triggering.

Posted by ed 2008-03-26 11:37|| 2008-03-26 11:37|| Front Page Top

7 FOX NEWS this AM > China has expressed its "STRONG DISPLEASURE" at the USA for this incident and has formally demanded a full investigation.

FREEREPUBLIC-NET Posters > TAIWAN already has six = a number of working civilian nuke energy plants, any one of which is potens capable of produc enriched nucmats for weapons ala JAPAN. POSTERS - IFF TAIWAN DOESN'T HAVE ANY VITAL FUSE OR TRIGGER, ETC. DESIGNS ALREADY, THEY HAVE 'EM NOW SINCE 2005 IFF NOT EARLIER, AND NOT NECESSARILY VV US-ONLY SUBTERFUGE EITHER.

Also from FREEREPUBLIC-NET POSTERS > just as RRUSSIA fears spread of Radical Islamism both domestically and within CENTRAL ASIA, CHINA FEARS LACK OF CHIN HEGEMONIC CONTROL AND COMPETITION vv MUSLIM UIGHURS + OTHER ETHIC MINORITIES, + ITS SMALLER ASIAN NEIGHBORS, e.g. Myanmar, Tibet, Bhutan, Vietnam, even agz Pakistan and North Korea.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-03-26 19:33|| 2008-03-26 19:33|| Front Page Top

8 I've been out for a while, but am I the only one who finds this *whoopsies* awfully convenient in light of China's shinanigans over Tibet? It appears we won't outright boycott the Olympics over the Chicom's crackdown, but maybe some *mistakes* to convenient allies to send a message?

Or am I just being cynical because Bush is now a lame duck for the next 10 months? *tee-hee*

Posted by BA 2008-03-26 21:36|| 2008-03-26 21:36|| Front Page Top

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