air_force – On the National Security Beat http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/onthebeat On the National Security Beat Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:29:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 A journalist in pursuit of ‘rot’ in the US nuclear defense system http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/onthebeat/a-journalist-in-pursuit-of-rot-in-the-us-nuclear-defense-system/ Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:05:14 +0000 http://onthebeat.nationalsecurityzone.org/?p=1831 Read how AP’s national security writer discovered problems in the nation’s nuclear defense system and wound up with a ‘months-long cascade of revelations’ that renewed public and legislative interest — and action.

Missile launch duty

An ICBM launch crew member at a launch control simulator used for training at F.E. Warren AFB. (PHOTO: Robert Burns)

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