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Hit freeze nuclear on warhead Four tests of Minuteman missiles from “operational” missile silos were con- ducted in combat-simulation tests in 1966-68. All failed. Three of the missiles never left their silos due to electrical problems. The fourth had to be destroyed in flight. Since then, US missiles have been tested under carefully prepared “artificial” conditions. The US Army’s W-45 short-range tactical nuclear missile developed “seri- ous corrosion” and many were elimi- nated from the US stockpile, according to a Department of Energy report. “At times in the past the warheads for a large part of the US submarine missile force have been found to be badly deteriorated. At different times, a large fraction of the warheads were obvious or potential duds,” the report anna a NUCLEAR ISSUES T he United States has suspended tests sives reacting with metal. Soviet MISSiles The Soviet Union’s missile systems Nexus New Times Three