Daily Mail: 'We are ready to drop something much bigger': U.S. military sparks outrage after posting New Year's Eve video bragging about thermonuclear bombs in bizarre joke about the Times Square ball drop
* United States Strategic Command operates nuclear-armed stealth bombers
* USSTRATCOM posted video on Twitter on New Year's Eve
* Video showed B-2 Spirit stealth fighter unleashing heavy bombs
* The clip was meant for New Year's Eve and made reference to the ball drop
* 'We are ready to drop something much bigger,' the tweet bragged
* Twitter users were outraged over military's 'joke about nuclear armageddon'
* Later on Monday evening, USSTRATCOM posted another tweet apologizing
An official Twitter account run by the United States military posted and then deleted a video on Monday bragging about dropping massive bombs.
The tweet, which was posted as Americans get ready to ring in the New Year, noted that the ball was set to drop in Times Square when the clock strikes midnight late Monday.
The tweet by U.S. Strategic Command then goes on to brag: ‘If ever needed, we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger.’
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ReplyDeleteGwen Z would understand but their predecessors are snowflakes.
It's too serious of a subject to make jokes about it, especially if you are the person or organisation responsible for such strikes.
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