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Security Guards Bring Sony PSPs Into Nuclear Weapons Facility

by Warren Riddle on July 20, 2009 at 06:03 AM

Many may scoff at so-called video game addiction, but three men in Tennessee recently provided some damaging evidence that gaming dependency may be an actual affliction. The guys apparently could not resist playing their portable gaming devices, even though doing so could have initiated the apocalypse -- yes, these three dudes stupidly brought their signal-transmitting Sony PSPs into a nuclear weapons facility.

According to NBC affiliate WBIR, the allegations of potentially disastrous gaming involved three security guards who apparently brought their gadgets into a "protected area" of the Y-12 high-security nuclear weapons facility in Oak Ridge, TN. At least one of the devices, a PlayStation Portable (PSP), had transmission capabilities.

The ramifications could have been catastrophic given that the construction, dismantling, and recycling of nuclear warheads occurs in the protected zone (which didn't even allow cell phones). The facility suspended all three men and implemented new regulations that requires bag searches before permitting guards into the protected area.

The Switched 'Biggest Tech No-Nos' came out recently, but the rankings may be in need of serious readjustment after this incident. Annihilating the United States with a PSP would definitely be worthy of the number one spot. [From: WBIR via Joystiq]

Tags: crime, dumb, nuclear, psp, sony, sonypsp, top

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