US Air Force accidentally ships ballistic missle parts to Taiwan

When the government of Taiwan asked their friend and ally the US for some helicopter batteries, the US Air Force accidentally shipped them four non-nuclear nose cone fuses for ICBMs instead. Whoops. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said today "The United States is making all appropriate notifications in the spirit of candor and openness in an effort to avoid any misunderstanding." Sounds like someone doesn't want to unerve China. Obviously, there is an investigation already taking place as to why a couple of goober airmen shipped the wrong stuff. Before taking the trip to Taiwan the missile parts, as seen in the diagram, were improperly stuffed into a non-classified warehouse at Hill AFB in Utah instead of going into a classified warehouse. One thing led to another and the Taiwanese Air Force got a surprise instead of helo batteries.

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