SHRINKING ICBM FLEET GETS NEEDED UPGRADES
The U.S. land-based nuclear missile fleet is maintaining a 99% alert rate while undergoing a 50% size reduction and the most extensive system modernization since the 1960s. Drastically reshaped by defense force reviews, base closings and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties, the Air Force's...
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