The U.S. Air Force’s property accounting system overstates by 105 the number of assembled nuclear missiles in service, according to congressional investigators and Air Force documents.
The system doesn’t distinguish between a complete Minuteman III, a partially assembled intercontinental ballistic missile or a spare stage-one missile motor, said an Air Force “Financial Improvement Plan” evaluated by the Government Accountability Office.
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September 16, 2011 at 6:08 pm