Whoops! Military drops dummy bomb from jet in Nevada...

[bridgit]

"At Nellis Air Force Base, military officials had some explaining to do Wednesday afternoon," explained KVCU TV's News 3 in Nevada. "... A dummy bomb fell from one of their jets and hit a truck below."

"'Shortly after 11:30am Wednesday morning, Nellis security forces and Las Vegas Metro Police responded to a report of an object falling from the sky,' says Brig. General Russell Handy, 57th Wing Commander."

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Dummy_bomb_falls_from_military_jet_1016.html

[slampoet]

1. How many dummies did the Dummy Bomb kill?

[bridgit]

4. How many nukes did the secreted nukes nuke?

I like the way you think. Even simple mistakes done within military purview are very simple indeed, likely (hopefully) requiring no oversight. That'll save so much time & grief :eyes:

[anarch]

2. a dummy bomb...is that like, the opposite of a "smart bomb"?

[bridgit]

5. Only when it falls on a dumb dude's head...

Or maybe some children of a lesser god in squeaky baby strollers :thumbsup:

[ColbertWatcher]

3. Oh, yeah, right! NOW they tell us it was a "dummy" bomb! n/t

[bridgit]

6. Sure, they can trot out a corn beef sandwich after the fact; nothing scary just diversionary...

[hootinholler]

7. It bounced first?

The AF says it hit the ground on the base and bounced into the truck.

-Hoot

[bridgit]

8. There'ya go! It bounced right into the truck

:woohoo:

[ManiacJoe]

9. I can see that happening

if it hit pavement instead of dirt. They are probably steel filled with concrete; certainly bounceable off a hard surface.

[seemslikeadream]

10. Another one?

They dropped one a couple of months ago