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Report: US Vulnerable to Nuclear Attack

By Sharon WeinbergerJul 22nd 2010 – 2:45PM
Minuteman Missile NHS/AP

Minuteman Missile NHS/AP

(July 22) -- The threat of an all-out nuclear exchange between Russia and the United States may be less than it was during the Cold War, but defense experts say decades-long efforts to avoid a possible Armageddon have had a downside: The United States is now woefully unprepared for any kind of nuclear attack. That's the...

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