Missing Nuclear Weapon Still Under The Greenland Ice

Revealed: How U.S. Left Nuclear Warhead Under Ice In Greenland After B52 Crash In 1968 -- Daily Mail

A U.S. nuclear warhead was abandoned under the ice in northern Greenland after a B52 bomber crashed in 1968, an investigation has found.

The Pentagon believed the former Soviet Union would destroy the base as a prelude to a nuclear strike against the U.S. and began flying nuclear-armed B52s continuously over Thule in 1960 in order to retaliate.

Thule Air Base has been a major strategic asset to the U.S. since it was built in the early 1950s, as it allowed a radar to scan the skies for missiles fired over the North Pole.

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My Comment: Talk about brushing it under the carpet .... and hope that no one else notices.

US N-Weapons Parts Missing, Pentagon Says

From The Financial Times:

The US military cannot locate hundreds of sensitive nuclear missile components, according to several government officials familiar with a Pentagon report on nuclear safeguards.

Robert Gates, US defence secretary, recently fired both the US Air Force chief of staff and air force secretary after an investigation blamed the air force for the inadvertent shipment of nuclear missile nose cones to Taiwan.

According to previously undisclosed details obtained by the FT, the investigation also concluded that the air force could not account for many sensitive components previously included in its nuclear inventory.

One official said the number of missing components was more than 1,000.

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News on Missing N-Parts From Other Sources:
Report: U.S. Military Nuclear Weapon Parts Missing -- FOX News
US military 'loses nuclear missile parts' -- News.com.au

My Comment: Just in case some Air Force Officers are still complaining on how their Air Force Chiefs were fired .... this puts to bed any arguments.