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US Nuclear missile officers cheated on proficiency test

US suspends 34 nuclear missile officers over cheating on exam JANUARY 16, 2014 THE US military has suspended 34 officers in charge of launching nuclear missiles for cheating on a proficiency test, Air Force leaders have announced.
The scandal at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana marked the latest in a series of damaging revelations dogging the country’s nuclear force, including a separate probe into illegal drugs that came to light last week.”There was cheating that took place with respect to this particular test,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told a news conference. “Some officers did it. Others apparently knew about it, and it appears that they did nothing, or at least not enough, to stop it or to report it.”

The Air Force has come under growing scrutiny over a spate of embarrassing setbacks linked to the nuclear force, amid persistent reports of low morale among the troops assigned to the mission.http://www.news.com.au/world/us-suspends-34-nuclear-missile-officers-over-cheating-on-exam/story-fndir2ev-1226802881502

January 16, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized