Nuclear weapons flight was mistake, admits US

Nuclear-armed missiles were flown across the US by mistake, military chiefs admitted for the first time.

Nuclear weapons flight was mistake, admits US

Nuclear-armed missiles were flown across the US by mistake, military chiefs admitted for the first time.

The US Air Force said the episode in late August was an “unacceptable mistake” of a sort that had never happened before.

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