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DOD plans to remove 50 ICBMs from silos at 3 bases
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[quote:Sol Neman:MV8yNTI1NDU3XzQzNzAwNTkyX0YzMTM2MERG] [quote:YouAreDreaming:MV8yNTI1NDU3XzQzNzAwNTY1X0VBRUZFOUIz] Seems like a strange time to reduce these types of arms with all the rising tension between the US and Russia... you'd think such treaties would be cancelled. Well, bright side... at least they are not sending them over to Russia right now ;) [/quote] Seems strange to me too. Also that they want to further reduce them beyond this according to the tribune article. You're right...there's always a bright side to any issue. [/quote]
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DOD plans to remove 50 ICBMs from silos at 3 bases
'The Department of Defense announced on Tuesday that it plans to remove 50 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) from their silos to meet nuclear reductions called for under an arms-reduction treaty with Russia.
A press release from the DoD says that by February 5, 2018, the total deployed force will consist of 450 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers, 280 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) launchers, and 66 heavy bombers....'
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