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WASHINGTON: The US Air Force said on Friday maintenance errors by three airmen damaged a nuclear-armed missile in its silo in 2014, triggering an accident investigation.
The accident occurred on May 17, 2014, but the Air Force only explained the consequences after questions by this news agency.
The Air Force released a statement and brief summary of the investigation results, and said the accident had not put public safety at risk.
It reported that the Air Force refused to provide details of the accident, saying they were classified.
The launch site is operated by the 320th Missile Squadron of the 90th Missile Wing in a remote area of northeastern Colorado, the news agency reported.
Published in Dawn, January 24th, 2016
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Jan 24, 2016 11:57am
Why doesnt Pakistan Foreign Ministry and the Strategic Plans Division call out the U.S. for its lack of nuclear safety? I'll remember this loud and clear the next time they try to lecture us -which we casually shrug off anyways.
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Jan 24, 2016 12:07pm
US should be told to give its nukes, its a threat to the international community.
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Jan 24, 2016 12:19pm
Quite funny. US administration is always engineering statements about Pakistan nuclear program safety but put iron curtain on the safety breach of their own.
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Jan 24, 2016 12:21pm
US should down its nuclear program and stop selling weapons and jets to other countries.
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Jan 24, 2016 12:40pm
US should mend its own ways before lecturing Pakistan on nuclear safety
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Jan 24, 2016 01:02pm
Countries like US are facing issues with nuclear safety. Pakistan is literally playing with fire here. Immediate sanctions are the need of the hour
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Jan 24, 2016 01:24pm
US should take solid steps to safeguard her nuclear assets. Pakistan with her solid command and control structure should offer professional help as a worried ally :)
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Jan 24, 2016 02:04pm
OMG, Can US, the advocator of nuclear safety also commit such a grave mistake so as to put the entire world at risk of destruction. This is a serious issue, the world community should be taken into confidence that no further accident will take place. We are not talking about molotov cocktail, we are talking about Weapon of Mass Destruction.
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Jan 24, 2016 02:44pm
Let Pakistan strategic command teach US, nuke safety. They are very unsafe currently.
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Jan 24, 2016 03:18pm
Funny to see some of the reactions!!
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Jan 24, 2016 04:18pm
@Khwarezmi What a joke!
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Jan 24, 2016 05:01pm
One day, one of such accidents would be one too many, for the safety of the entire planet! Time to awake from senseless building of such high-risk arsenal of destruction!
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Jan 24, 2016 05:20pm
Nuclear arsenal are very dangerous and a constant threat to lives on the earth. The handlers of WMD are more vulnerable than others because of accidents and preemptive strike by their adversaries.
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Jan 24, 2016 05:21pm
@Zak We are coming for training soon.
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Jan 24, 2016 05:46pm
Everytime the yanks open their mouth about nuke safety in Pakistan, Pakistan just need show them mirror.
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Jan 24, 2016 06:01pm
@Khwarezmi Very well said :)
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Jan 24, 2016 06:03pm
@Uncle Shyam Pak has never had a disaster unlike some of our "neighbors" who've had major nuclear disaster's, yes you may come for training, we'll not charge you.
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Jan 24, 2016 06:53pm
All the wrong things are done by US and still they have the gal to accuse others. Remember they are the only one in the history to drop nuclear bombs on civilian population in WW2.
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