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Nation’s nuclear command imposes aggressive preventive coronavirus measures

By Abraham Mahshie
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Nation’s nuclear command imposes aggressive preventive coronavirus measures

The nation’s nuclear capabilities have been operationally unaffected by the outbreak of COVID-19, but the command has imposed minimum contact measures across installations, said Adm. Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees nuclear operations and strategic deterrence across all services.

“This pandemic has our full attention,” said Richard in a Tuesday telephone briefing with journalists from Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha.

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