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Nuke troubles run deep; key officers “burned out”

By Robert Burns
Published November 21, 2013 12:45am ET
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Nuke troubles run deep; key officers “burned out”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trouble inside the Air Force’s nuclear missile force runs deeper and wider than officials have let on. An unpublished study for the Air Force, obtained by The Associated Press, cites “burnout” among launch officers with their fingers on the triggers of 450 weapons of mass destruction. Also, evidence of broader behavioral issues […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trouble inside the Air Force’s nuclear missile force runs deeper and wider than officials have let on.

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