US N-weapons parts missing, Pentagon says
June 27th, 2008 . by Michael OstrolenkFrom Financial Times By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington
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.
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