An inactive Hellfire missile sent to Europe for training was inadvertently shipped to Cuba, where it has remained since 2014. The missile wrongly sent to Cuba is called a Hellfire Captive Air Training Missile, a "dummy missile" used in exercises. Sources said that it contained an incomplete guidance section and was not fitted with a warhead, fusing system rocket monitor or operational seeker -- all components needed to successfully hit a target. But while it was not operational, the missile still contained sensitive American weapons technology, such as targeting and sensor information, that U.S. officials said would be concerning if it fell into the hands of adversaries.
The sources said the U.S. has been trying for more than a year to get the Cuban government to return the missile. The delay could have been complicated by the attention paid to the historic thaw between the U.S. and Cuba last December, followed by the restoring of ties and opening of embassies in Washington and Havana this summer. One source described the training missile as "fairly common" and noted that the U.S. just notified Congress this week of a sale of such dummy missiles along with active Hellfires to Iraq.
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1. Should the U.S be worried if it falls into the wrong hands?
2. Why do you think Cuba won't give the missile back to the U.S?
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