Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad

U.S. Strategic Forces Commander Pushes Back Against Calls to Downgrade Alert Status

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Brian Bradley
NS&D Monitor
5/8/2015
WARRENSBURG, Mo. — The top commander of the U.S. strategic forces pushed back this week against recent calls by a predecessor for the United States to reduce the high alert levels of its strategic deployed nuclear…

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