US military apologizes over New Year’s tweet

US Strategic Command apologized Monday for a joke in “bad taste” after tweeting it was ready to drop something “much bigger” than the traditional Times Square crystal ball at New Year.

In a message posted, and later deleted, on Twitter, the military force that controls the US nuclear arsenal released a video in which B-2 bombers drop bombs, with the message: “If ever needed, we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger.”

Amid the jaw-dropping and eye-raising on social media that followed, STRATCOM—whose slogan is “peace is our profession”—then tweeted an apology.

“Our previous NYE tweet was in poor taste & does not reflect our values. We apologize. We are dedicated to the security of America & allies,” it said.

A STRATCOM spokesman told NBC News the images on the video showed non-nuclear bombs.

About a million people are expected Monday in New York’s Times Square, where revelers since 1907 ring in the New Year watching a giant ball slide slowly down a pole.

 

US military apologizes over New Years tweet

US Strategic Command apologized Monday for a joke in bad taste after tweeting it was ready to drop something much bigger than the traditional Times Square crystal ball at New Year. In a message posted, and later deleted, on Twitter, the military force that controls the US nuclear arsenal released a video in which B-2 bombers drop bombs, with the message: If ever needed, we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger. Amid the jaw-dropping and eye-raising on social media that followed, STRATCOMwhose slogan is peace is our professionthen tweeted an apology. Our previous NYE tweet was in poor taste does not reflect our values. We apologize. We are dedicated to the security of America allies, it said. A STRATCOM spokesman told NBC News the images on the video showed non-nuclear bombs. About a million people are expected Monday in New Yorks Times Square, where revelers since 1907 ring in the New Year watching a giant ball slide slowly down a pole.