On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Jim Arnott wrote:
> While we're discussing lost Cruise Missiles I'll add another true tale.
>
> In mid '86 I was working for the contractor that developed the Tomahawk.
> During a building renovation the Mexican demolition crew took a load of
> demo to a scrapyard in Tijuana. In the load was one of the Williams
> turbofan motors (Value? about $150k). Took industrial security almost a
> week to find it. Only person diciplined was the plant protection guard
> that let it out. He got three days off.
When you figure that all it was going to end up doing was help something
kill or maim someone and be destroyed in the process then I suppose the
punishment shouldn't have been any more severe :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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