A “technical error” has caused Britain’s Ministry of Defense to inadvertently publish classified sections of a report containing sensitive information about US Navy and British military nuclear submarines, the BBC reports.
Sensitive information in the report, which was published to Parliament’s website after a Freedom of Information request by anti-nuclear campaigners, includes how much structural damage British subs can take before a full meltdown takes place, as well as US vessels’ abilities to handle nuclear core failure.
As a rule, I never ascribe to malice what can be explained by stupidity. So it probably was a failure to understand blacking out tools on a PDF document.
But who could blame the British if they wanted to send a signal to Washington that we shouldn't treat them so lightly?
