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Nuclear Missile Officers Neglected Doors

my bad

While napping.

This is reassuring. Twice just this year, officers have accidentally left open the blast door to their underground command post that holds nuclear-tipped missiles—because they were napping. The Air Force officers, entrusted with keeping the doors closed to prevent intruders entering the area, are not supposed to leave them open while a crew member is asleep. Two launch crew commanders and two deputy commanders were given administrative punishments earlier this year, but in an investigation the Associated Press found numerous problems including a failed safety inspection and officers unfit for duty.

Read it at The Seattle Times