According to the article the missile was inert. But it is not the first time a m...

rs999gti on Jan 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: US Hellfire missile wrongly shipped to Cuba

According to the article the missile was inert.

But it is not the first time a mistake has been made. In 2010, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms sold untracked guns to Mexican Drug Cartels AKA Operation Fast and Furious, which led to the death of a US Border Patrol Agent.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/atf-fast-furious-sg-storygalle...

hellbanner on Jan 8, 2016 [–]

That wasn't a mistake -- US agents were strengthening a cartel to adjust the power balance in Mexico's cartel wars.