Hellfire Missile "Accidentally" Shipped to Cuba in 2014

[Weatherman2020]

Well before relations were normalized.

Handing them critical secret technology to reverse engineer.

How does one Accidently ship a missile to a nation under embargo?


Missile to Cuba, Drone to Iran, Planes and tanks to Muslim Brotherhood and Isis.

It can be safely assumed Obama has given away all military secrets.

 

[Freewill]

It was an UPS or USPS mistake, it was meant to be sent to Syria and ISIS, through Libya.

 

[CremeBrulee]

I think this is most likely human error which means Lockheed Martin is at fault and will have to pay a fine. The weapon took a ridiculous route with a number of outside contractors on its way back to the intended destination. Apparently companies make shipping mistakes all the time.

"..from Orlando International Airport in early 2014 to be used in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization military exercise..missile was sent to Spain and used in the military exercise. But for reasons that are still unclear, after it was packed up, it began a roundabout trip through Europe, was loaded onto a truck and eventually sent to Germany."

"...packaged in Rota, Spain, a U.S. official said, where it was put into the truck belonging to another freight-shipping firm, known by officials who track such cargo as a “freight forwarder.” That trucking company released the missile to yet another shipping firm that was supposed to put the missile on a flight originating in Madrid. That flight was headed to Frankfurt, Germany, before it was to be placed on another flight bound for Florida."

"...officials realized that the missile had been loaded onto a truck operated by Air France, which took the missile to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. There, it was loaded onto a “mixed pallet” of cargo and placed on an Air France flight. By the time the freight-forwarding firm in Madrid tracked down the missile, it was on the Air France flight, headed to Havana."

Missing U.S. Missile Shows Up in Cuba

 

[Siete]

Ted "Rafael" Cruz sent it.

 

[Freewill]

I think this is most likely human error which means Lockheed Martin is at fault and will have to pay a fine. The weapon took a ridiculous route with a number of outside contractors on its way back to the intended destination. Apparently companies make shipping mistakes all the time.

"..from Orlando International Airport in early 2014 to be used in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization military exercise..missile was sent to Spain and used in the military exercise. But for reasons that are still unclear, after it was packed up, it began a roundabout trip through Europe, was loaded onto a truck and eventually sent to Germany."

"...packaged in Rota, Spain, a U.S. official said, where it was put into the truck belonging to another freight-shipping firm, known by officials who track such cargo as a “freight forwarder.” That trucking company released the missile to yet another shipping firm that was supposed to put the missile on a flight originating in Madrid. That flight was headed to Frankfurt, Germany, before it was to be placed on another flight bound for Florida."

"...officials realized that the missile had been loaded onto a truck operated by Air France, which took the missile to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. There, it was loaded onto a “mixed pallet” of cargo and placed on an Air France flight. By the time the freight-forwarding firm in Madrid tracked down the missile, it was on the Air France flight, headed to Havana."

Missing U.S. Missile Shows Up in Cuba

Don't know if the plane flights were passenger or not. But it is interesting that a Hellfire missile can fly but I can't take on a bottle of mouthwash.

 

[Rustic]

Well before relations were normalized.

Handing them critical secret technology to reverse engineer.

How does one Accidently ship a missile to a nation under embargo?


Missile to Cuba, Drone to Iran, Planes and tanks to Muslim Brotherhood and Isis.

It can be safely assumed Obama has given away all military secrets.

Typical of the federal government... Lol

 

[Siete]

I think this is most likely human error which means Lockheed Martin is at fault and will have to pay a fine. The weapon took a ridiculous route with a number of outside contractors on its way back to the intended destination. Apparently companies make shipping mistakes all the time.

"..from Orlando International Airport in early 2014 to be used in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization military exercise..missile was sent to Spain and used in the military exercise. But for reasons that are still unclear, after it was packed up, it began a roundabout trip through Europe, was loaded onto a truck and eventually sent to Germany."

"...packaged in Rota, Spain, a U.S. official said, where it was put into the truck belonging to another freight-shipping firm, known by officials who track such cargo as a “freight forwarder.” That trucking company released the missile to yet another shipping firm that was supposed to put the missile on a flight originating in Madrid. That flight was headed to Frankfurt, Germany, before it was to be placed on another flight bound for Florida."

"...officials realized that the missile had been loaded onto a truck operated by Air France, which took the missile to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. There, it was loaded onto a “mixed pallet” of cargo and placed on an Air France flight. By the time the freight-forwarding firm in Madrid tracked down the missile, it was on the Air France flight, headed to Havana."

Missing U.S. Missile Shows Up in Cuba

Don't know if the plane flights were passenger or not. But it is interesting that a Hellfire missile can fly but I can't take on a bottle of mouthwash.

missile, nail clippers, .... same thing.

 

[CremeBrulee]

I think this is most likely human error which means Lockheed Martin is at fault and will have to pay a fine. The weapon took a ridiculous route with a number of outside contractors on its way back to the intended destination. Apparently companies make shipping mistakes all the time.

"..from Orlando International Airport in early 2014 to be used in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization military exercise..missile was sent to Spain and used in the military exercise. But for reasons that are still unclear, after it was packed up, it began a roundabout trip through Europe, was loaded onto a truck and eventually sent to Germany."

"...packaged in Rota, Spain, a U.S. official said, where it was put into the truck belonging to another freight-shipping firm, known by officials who track such cargo as a “freight forwarder.” That trucking company released the missile to yet another shipping firm that was supposed to put the missile on a flight originating in Madrid. That flight was headed to Frankfurt, Germany, before it was to be placed on another flight bound for Florida."

"...officials realized that the missile had been loaded onto a truck operated by Air France, which took the missile to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. There, it was loaded onto a “mixed pallet” of cargo and placed on an Air France flight. By the time the freight-forwarding firm in Madrid tracked down the missile, it was on the Air France flight, headed to Havana."

Missing U.S. Missile Shows Up in Cuba

Don't know if the plane flights were passenger or not. But it is interesting that a Hellfire missile can fly but I can't take on a bottle of mouthwash.

missile, nail clippers, .... same thing.

It doesn't get felt up by some old perv working for the TSA either.

 

[Rustic]

Our federal government is so incompetent, it's so sad it's funny...

 

[Freewill]

Maybe the WH thought there were Al Quada in Cuba and went the cheap route of send the missile through the air instead of using a drone.

 

[TNHarley]

Shouldn't we be used to this by now?