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Panel Warns U.S. Lagging on Nuke Oversight

HeadlineFeb 13, 2008

A Pentagon task force is warning the military is displaying what it calls “a precipitous decrease in attention” to the security and control of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The Defense Science Board assessment follows an incident last August in which a B-52 bomber inadvertently carried nuclear warheads on a cross-country flight.

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