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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday January 24 2017, @08:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the failure-to-launch dept.

A missile test involving Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent system ended in failure off the coast of Florida last year, a US defense official with direct knowledge of the incident told CNN on Monday.

The official told CNN that the incident, which happened last June in an the area off the Florida coast used by the US and the UK for missile tests, did not in involve a nuclear warhead.

Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported that the missile veered towards the US coast, but the US official told CNN that this trajectory was part of an automatic self-destruct sequence. The official said the missile diverted into the ocean -- an automatic procedure when missile electronics detect an anomaly.

A month after the test, the UK parliament approved the renewal of Trident at a cost of £40 billion. Unaware of the failure, members of the House of Commons voted by 472 votes to 117 in favor of renewal.

On Sunday, British Prime Minister Theresa May was asked four times during an interview with the BBC's Andrew Marr Show whether she knew of the missile failure before the vote. May refused to answer.

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/23/europe/trident-missile-failure-theresa-may/index.html

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by isostatic on Tuesday January 24 2017, @01:42PM

    by isostatic (365) on Tuesday January 24 2017, @01:42PM (#458080) Journal

    He doesn't shy away from tough questions

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ashen-faced-jeremy-corbyn-pulled-8310981 [mirror.co.uk]

    But after condemning the rise in hate crimes after the poll, reporters asked him about the crisis of confidence overshadowing his leadership of the party.

    As a reporter asked "Mr Corbyn, a quick question about the leadership", he was grabbed by the lapel on his blue suit jacket and led away

    As for the "fists" comment - citation please

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/02/jeremy-corbyn-urged-to-retire-with-dignity-as-hard-left-recruit/ [telegraph.co.uk]

    Jeremy Corbyn came under renewed criticism last night after he was seen being held back by aides as he appeared to lunge at a reporter during a rally in his constituency.

    The confrontation came as it was revealed that Mr Corbyn’s aides are deliberately refusing to allow him to speak to other MPs.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Tuesday January 24 2017, @04:18PM

    by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Tuesday January 24 2017, @04:18PM (#458132) Journal

    1st link: He was visiting the site of a recent hate crime to discuss hate crimes, and didn't want to turn that event into a discussion of his party's leadership contest. I can understand that. He has been quite open about leadership questions in other venues.

    2nd Link: "The television reporter involved in the incident ... denied that she had been “lunged at” by the Labour leader." That's from your own link.

  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday January 24 2017, @04:20PM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Tuesday January 24 2017, @04:20PM (#458134) Homepage
    >> As for the "fists" comment - citation please

    > "appeared to lunge at"

    Yet later in the story, the person who was "apparently" lunged at claims absolutely unambiguously that "contrary to reports I didn't feel 'lunged at'".

    Torygraph fail, as expected.

    Real citation please. And no, I will not let an oratorical shaking of the fist count, to "let fists do the talking" has a quite clear pugilistic meaning.
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