Saturday, October 12, 2013

US general in charge of nuclear missiles fired


A two-star US general in charge of the Air Force's nuclear intercontinental missiles was fired on Friday due to personal misbehavior, the second firing this week of a senior commander of nuclear forces.

Maj. Gen. Michael Carey was removed from command of the 20th Air Force, which is responsible for maintaining a total of 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at three bases across the US, according to an Air Force spokesman, Brig. Gen. Les Kodlick, AP reports .... http://presstv.com