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U.S. Air Force Flunked Defense of Nuclear Missile Silo Against Simulated Attack

By Eowyn @DrEowyn

U.S. Air Force flunked defense of nuclear missile silo against simulated attackDr. Eowyn:

More evidence that Keystone Cops are running this administration. With Obama as the commander-in-chief, it truly is a miracle that America, though economically bankrupt and politically fractured beyond any semblance of unity, is still here.

U.S. Air Force flunked defense of nuclear missile silo against simulated attackOriginally posted on Consortium of Defense Analysts:

Malstrom Air Force Base, Montana

Malstrom Air Force Base

Robert Burns reports for the AP, May 22, 2014:

An Air Force security team’s botched response to a simulated assault on a nuclear missile silo has prompted a blistering review followed by expanded training to deal with the nightmare scenario of a real attack.

The Air Force recognized the possibility of such an intrusion as more worrisome after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But an internal review of the exercise held last summer at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana said the security forces were unable to speedily regain control of the captured silo, and called this a “critical deficiency.”

The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The previously unreported misstep was the reason the 341st Missile Wing flunked a broader safety and security inspection. The unit, which has been beset with other problems in recent…

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