[bunkerhill7]

A spokesman for the command says investigators believe a faulty circuit board at a control center was to blame. The spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel John Thomas, says experts found that the same type of part failed at two other Air Force missile control centers in the late 1990s. The boards were made in China.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I thought that electronics from another country are not allowed on strategic weapon systems because of a possible virus attack.

[American Constitutionalist]

" The boards were made in China. "

So ? in theory ? they could have taken control of it by a bugged chip that could run stealth commands in the circuit board, unless our people have checked out all the chips on the board ? right ?