The last place you expect cannabis to pop up at is on a nuclear site.
It was reported by the military this week that marijuana was found at a Minot Air Force Base nuclear missile facility in central North Dakota. The base hosts one of the U.S.’s two B-52 bomber bases and oversees 150 Minuteman 3 nuclear missiles.
According to Air Force Sgt. Benjamin Smith, who spoke to The Associated Press, the undisclosed amount was found Oct. 9 at a missile alert facility and was discovered above ground and not near missile operators.
Officials are investigating “reports of suspected illegal drugs at an above-ground facility,” a spokesman for Minot’s 5th Bomb Wing, 2nd Lt. Gabriel Cushing, confirmed to Task & Purpose.
“We take this matter seriously and will investigate this fully,” he told the military news website. “No further information will be provided until the investigation concludes.”
