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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Air base evacuated after live missile arrives in post

AH-64 ApacheTechnicians based at Camp Bastion failed to spot the warhead in a launcher on at least four occassions.

The live missile was posted 3,500 miles using regular military mail back to Wattisham airfield, in Suffolk, without any warnings of its deadly contents.

It was only when workers at the airbase opened the package that they discovered the 70mm Flechette rocket and evacuated the hanger.

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