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Former US soldier details account of 1959 Naha accidental nuke firing fatal to fellow soldiers
October 26, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Washington Special Correspondent Yukio Zaha reporting
Fifty-eight years ago on June 19, a sunny Friday morning, a Nike Hercules surface-to-air missile equipped with a nuclear warhead was fired accidentially from U.S.-controlled Naha Air Base.
While under a blue-alert, meaning missiles were being prepared in response to a perceived threat, the booster of the missile in question was ignited by mistake due...
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