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The accompanying video of the tweet was viewed more than 170,000 times before it was deleted.
The US Strategic Command, which oversees the US nuclear arsenal, apologized for a tweet that said it was ready to "drop something much bigger than the balloon." Times Square in New York.
The message, posted on New Year's Eve, was accompanied by a video showing a B-2 bomber dropping weapons.
Strategic Command subsequently removed the tweet saying that it was "bad taste" and replaced it with excuses.
This incident caused outrage online
The previous tweet was:
"The #TimesSquare tradition sounds in #NewYear by dropping the big ball … if necessary, we are ready to drop something much, much more "
It was posted a few hours before the annual" ball drop "at the top of One Times Square, a New York skyscraper, marking the beginning of the new year. The tradition began in 1907 and saw a brightly lit ball on a special mast descend from 43 m in the 60 seconds preceding midnight, then rest at the beginning of the new year.
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The Deleted Tweet Aroused Online Outrage
Critics hastened to condemn the attitude of the strategic command on the event.
The former head of the US Office of Government Ethics, Walter M Shaub Jr, tweeted, "What kind of maniacs is heading this country?"
Joe Cirincione, author of "Nuclear Nightmares, Securing the World Before It's Too Late," said, "At first I did not think it could be real. But that's true. It's an industry that doubles as an unhealthy and boastful joke. our strategic command. shameful. "
The US Strategic Command is one of the United States Department of Defense's 10 unified commands and is based at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. "Peace is our profession", which was also used as a hashtag in the controversial tweet
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