ND towns unfazed by ICBM rocket booster in ditch

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Source: AP

BISMARCK, N.D. - There's plenty to talk about at the weekly women's coffee klatch in the small town of Parshall, and no one bothered to mention the unarmed booster rocket for an intercontinental ballistic missile lying in a ditch where an Air Force truck overturned.
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The Air Force said a truck carrying the booster for a Minuteman III overturned Thursday a few miles east of Parshall in northwest North Dakota, but there was no danger to the public.

The truck and booster rocket, which is 66 feet long and weighs 75,000 pounds, were still sitting along the road Saturday, under armed guard.
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In Makoti, a farming community of about 145 people, Darwin Quandt said he wasn't worried.

"They're moving them things around all the time, so we're used to it," Quandt said.

"As long as it ain't going off, we're OK," he said. "And if it did, it wouldn't matter anyway."

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[cobalt1999]

1. It's an unarmed missle.

What's the worst that can happen? If the booster explodes, it's not going to be any worse than one of the thousands of fuel tankers exploding.

[Demeter]

2. Part of the "Be Afraid" Campaign

To distract people from the things they really ought to worry about.

[madeline_con]

3. Some news reader I heard the other day said Minot had

several incidents.

I'd heard years ago that Minot was the godforsaken frozen place they sent the military fuck ups. I don't know if it's true. (??)

[UpInArms]

4. I hate to be elitist, but

can't people speak without such grammatical errors anywhere?

what goobers!

[brentspeak]

5. Your first sentence itself is ungrammatical.

And the second one is grossly insulting.

[UpInArms]

6. poor punctuation is not grammatically in error

:toast:

[MicaelS]

7. No,

But it is a sign of laziness. :nopity: