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Why nukes keep finding trouble: They’re really old

By Robert Burns
Published July 8, 2014 5:29pm ET
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Why nukes keep finding trouble: They’re really old
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (AP) — The Air Force asserts with pride that the nation’s nuclear missile system, more than 40 years old and designed during the Cold War to counter the now-defunct Soviet Union, is safe and secure. None has ever been used in combat or launched accidentally. But it also admits to […]

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (AP) — The Air Force asserts with pride that the nation’s nuclear missile system, more than 40 years old and designed during the Cold War to counter the now-defunct Soviet Union, is safe and secure. None has ever been used in combat or launched accidentally.

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