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Submission + - Air Force Goofs, Flying Live Nukes Across America (forbes.com)

kernel panic attack writes: "From the paging Dr. Strangelove dept.

Surely the late Stanley Kubrick is somewhere smiling at this one... Forbes.com has a story about a B-52 Bomber that mistakenly flew 6-nuclear tipped cruise missles across several states last week. The 3-hour flight took the plane from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30. The incident was so serious that President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates were quickly informed and Gates has asked for daily briefings on the Air Force probe, said Defense Department press secretary Geoff Morrell. He said, "At no time was the public in danger." One Air Force official has already been SACked, in connection with the incident. Couple this with the recent resumption of long range Russian Bomber flights, and it looks like the good old Cold War days just may have returned."

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Submission + - SpaceX Launches Falcon 1

kernel panic attack writes: Paypal fans rejoice! Your boy Elon did it! Well sort of.... After 2 aborts in the past two days, and a failed launch last year... Mr. Musk and his company, SpaceX put their Falcon 1 low cost rocket into space this evening. The question now though is, did it stay there? MSNBC has more here.

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