Talk:U.S. accidentally delivered nuclear missile components to Taiwan

Image
I found an image (of an LGM-30 missile) that might be suitable for the article. However, does the image qualify under fair use? Thanks. stephenchou0722 - (talk) 01:29, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I doubt that a reasonable fair-use-rationale can be written for that image. May I suggest that you use Image:Minuteman3launch.jpg which is of a Minuteman-III (LGM-30G); it is already on Commons and indistiguishable from other models. --SVTCobra 01:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * As a side-note, I don't think the B-52 story is related and using it to call this event a "major breach" does not seem objective. I am aware that other news-outlets included it in their stories, but that doesn't mean that we should. --SVTCobra 01:47, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I see your point. I have removed the paragraph on the "major breach." I have also added the image in the article. Thanks for the reply! stephenchou0722 - (talk) 02:05, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Claim to be an accident, not accident
I believe that it is a mistake personally, but from an observer's perspective, the incident is murky at best; Taiwan had disputed some of the claims of the US. It's unlikely that the US would intentionally make such a mistake and deliver nuclear missile components to Taiwan - but the event, a misdelivery of important weapons that took two years to discover, is also quite unexceptional. I would say that both scenarios are possible, that the U.S. government made or a mistake, or it did it on purpose. For the sake of NPOV, how about "U.S. delivered nuclear missile components to Taiwan; claims to be an accident"? Any rewording suggestion is okay, the key is the "claim", which is essentially what it is.202.40.139.170 17:37, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * There are no references for this claim, however. The U.S., Taiwan and even China all accept that this is just a mere accident. Also, the U.S. claimed that Taiwan did not inform them about having the fuses until recently. Stephenchou0722 - (talk) 19:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)