A surface-to-air missile was once accidentally fired into Wales by the Royal Navy, the Labour peer Admiral Lord West has told MPs.
He was being questioned about problems with a Trident missile test last June.
The ex-defence minister said that "years ago" a Seaslug aircraft missile was "fired into Wales" by mistake.
It is believed he was referring to an incident in Cardigan Bay in 1958 involving HMS Girdle Ness, when a missile crashed into a hillside.
Giving evidence to the Commons Defence Committee on Tuesday, Lord West said: "Years ago we had an aircraft missile called the Seaslug missile and we fired one into Wales."
"Those sort of things happen but you don't go and talk to the prime minister about that, unless their constituency happens to be there," he added.
Either that or they were trying to get rid of that problematic area of the country. Couldn't decide whether this belonged in the comedy section.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if they fired Trident and it hit the wrong place? Somewhere with no intelligent life, like Downing Stree would be a good starting point
(not that I condone such tings, I just think hat when we spend billions of pounds on military hardware it should actually work as expected)
He was being questioned about problems with a Trident missile test last June.
The ex-defence minister said that "years ago" a Seaslug aircraft missile was "fired into Wales" by mistake.
It is believed he was referring to an incident in Cardigan Bay in 1958 involving HMS Girdle Ness, when a missile crashed into a hillside.
Giving evidence to the Commons Defence Committee on Tuesday, Lord West said: "Years ago we had an aircraft missile called the Seaslug missile and we fired one into Wales."
"Those sort of things happen but you don't go and talk to the prime minister about that, unless their constituency happens to be there," he added.
Either that or they were trying to get rid of that problematic area of the country. Couldn't decide whether this belonged in the comedy section.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if they fired Trident and it hit the wrong place? Somewhere with no intelligent life, like Downing Stree would be a good starting point
(not that I condone such tings, I just think hat when we spend billions of pounds on military hardware it should actually work as expected)
