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For 15 Years, America’s Secret Nuclear Launch Codes Were “00000000”

Why waste good nukin' time with complicated passwords?

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Mar 26, 2024
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Second Lt. Chris Davis, 321st Missile Squadron deputy missile combat crew commander, and 1st Lt. Paul Lee, 321st MS missile combat crew commander, simulate key turns of the Minuteman III weapon system during a Simulated Electronic Launch-Minuteman test inside the launch control center at a missile alert facility in the 90th Missile Wing's missile comple…
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