This one is more serious. I am talking about the August 29 “Bent Spear” incident, in which the U.S. military lost control of some of its nuclear weapons for more than 36 hours. The Washington Post reports that the results of a six-week investigation will be released tomorrow. The episode raises a terrifying question that the investigation’s report is certain not to address: if the U.S. military has been so cavalier about its core function of keeping nuclear weapons secure, how is the hard-pressed Russian military faring at the same task?
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