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Paired: Nuclear Mishaps (w/ Radio Diaries)

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The Bombing of the Little Rock Air Force Base

The first two guys to go in were myself and rex huke. We suited up, devlin and his partner strapped on oxygen tanks to wade through clouds of lethal rocket fuel. After 30 minutes, a second two person team went in to relieve them. They made it all the way to the blast locked door,. There was a meter, a meter that took redions of fuel present in the air on the silo. At 18 thousand parts per million, it's explosion ready. It's ready to explode.

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