Pentagon ordering inventory on all US nuclear weapons
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has released an order to inventory all of the United State’s nuclear weapons in light of the recent accidental shipment of weapons parts to Taiwan and the older - more important - “accidental” flight of 6 (maybe 5) nuclear warheads across the country.
Pentagon officials said at a news conference Tuesday that Gates would call for the review in addition to a full investigation into how the shipment to Taiwan from a Defense Logistics Agency warehouse happened 18 months ago.
The inventory review, which will involve thousands of items, is due to Gates in 60 days. Pentagon officials said the request was ordered, in part, because this latest incident comes after the August 2007 accidental flight of six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles on a B-52 bomber across the country.
Hmmm…I wonder if any will be found missing?
