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Rguess21
01-26-04, 08:22 PM
WASHINGTON - Workers at the only U.S. factory for dismantling nuclear weapons risked an explosion this month by taping together broken pieces of high explosive being removed from the plutonium trigger of an old warhead, federal investigators said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040124/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/nuclear_weapon_tape_4




One thing really bothers me--doesn't take much to read between the lines of these two statements. :scary:

Conway's letter does not elaborate on what might have happened if the explosive had detonated.

About 250,000 people live within 50 miles of the Pantex plant.

:scary: See, ya rally can fix anythang with duck tape!

http://www.pantex.com/

Peckable
01-26-04, 10:47 PM
Originally posted by Rguess21
:scary: See, ya rally can fix anythang with duck tape!

That is SO true! Ask the Experts (http://www.ducktapeguys.com/)

shotglass
01-27-04, 06:24 AM
If you can't duck it, fu*k it.