DOD Inquiry Into ICBM Incident Will Focus On Command And Control Issues

By Carlo Muñoz / October 28, 2010 at 7:42 PM
Defense department and military officials are trying to pinpoint failures in the command and control process that might have led to the temporary shutdown of 50 intercontinental ballistic missiles at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, WY, this week. While the safety and security of the nuclear weapons “was never in doubt,” the Air Force, in conjunction with the Joint Staff, U.S. Strategic Command and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, is taking “a hard look” at the C2 processes that govern...

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