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Re:The U.S. military is missing six nuclear weapons by duxup on Friday March 17, 2023 @09:22PM (#35205079)
Poor inventory practices/ mistake seems most likely compared to a conspiracy that really doesn’t make much sense.

Seems like it would be pretty easy to just claim it was damaged or otherwise remove it from inventory in a way that it doesn’t appear missing…. let alone all sorts of other questions.

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Re:The U.S. military is missing six nuclear weapons by ttyprintk on Friday March 17, 2023 @09:43PM (#35205227)
This interview explains how nukes can be misplaced, and the nightmarish amount of paperwork afterward:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/warfare/id1526490428?i...

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