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Oops: Missile Control
Posted by Paul Szynol on Wednesday, October 30 @ 19:17:50 EST News
The computer that monitors the status of U.S. nuclear missiles had apparently been fed erroneous data which distorted its analysis of the missiles' readiness status.

Among the erroneous data were wrong installation dates and the charge level of batteries. 991 discrepancies had been found in toto.

The United Press International report is here.

 
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