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Walter Pincus on the stress for Air Force nuclear officers

Fine Print: For Air Force officers, the long wait for a nuclear attack can be a borehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fine-print-for-air-force-officers-waiting-for-the-nuclear-attack-can-be-a-bore/2014/02/03/f2f1de26-8a97-11e3-a5bd-844629433ba3_story.html By  It’s not stress, drugs or cheating on proficiency tests that’s the problem for about 550 Air Force officers who serve 24-hour shifts in capsules 60 feet underground. They’re waiting — as their predecessors have done for 50 years — to launch nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The real cause of their difficulties is their “mission”: to be ready to turn keys and press buttons on a moment’s notice in response to an attack that no one really expects will ever come.

February 5, 2014 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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