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US test-launches nuclear ballistic missile on election day

by Richard Sanders, Staff Writer The American military conducted a nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test on the day that the nation’s voters were choosing their next president, the US Air Force Global Strike Command said in a statement on Wednesday. The launch was part of “routine” practice and followed “months of preparation,” it added. An unarmed Minuteman III […]