Missile incident rattles Canada - 'Nuclear fallout knows no border,' lawmaker says

Seattle P-I ^ | Mike Barber

[snowballinhell]

I'm on the West Coast, former prarie boy(brrr), we had 3 days of snow this year, I think it was about 70 F here today. I can't handle the cold either my family calls me a west coast whimp when I go back to Alberta to visit.

[Polybius]

they left a ladder in the tube?? is this an Abbott & Costello moment or what? The maintenance crew needs a time out.

The C.O. has had his career terminated.

[Wombat101]

Nothing to see here...Move on people...

It would be INCREDIBLY difficult to penetrate the casings around the warheads that might (might) result in a release of radioactive material.

Also, since the missiles use a solid fuel (rather than liquid), I would not be worried about a release of toxic chemicals either.

Then again, the ignorant can always find something to yelp about and find other ignorant folks to share their Chicken Little hysteria. If there was any sort of danger at all, what with all the fears about terrorism (especially nuclear and chimical terrorism) the US government (we should hope!) would have taken some action to keep chaos from reigning in the streets of Bangor, don't you think? (That's the problem -- people like this DON'T THINK!)

As for the moron who left the ladder in the tube, and the bigger idiot who failed to make sure it was removed, I hope you have fun on the unemployment line.

[Poodlebrain]

The chances of one of the warheads detonating were near zero. Even the chances of one of the warheads being punctured and releasing radioactive material were near zero.

What I don't know is what were the chances the solid rocket fuel in the missile itself could have ignited. Any former missile guys with an answer?

[hgro]

These Canadian ninnies (a small proportion of Canadians)
should get the hell out of Dodge