November 23, 2008
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COOPERSTOWN, N.D. -- In a time of uncertainty, upheaval and catastrophic risk, there's nothing like a missile silo. You may have no idea what your 401(k) will be worth, or your house, or whether your kids will be able to go to college. Eighty feet below the plains of North Dakota, however, these concerns magically evaporate. Take a slow, loud elevator cage down into the depths of Oscar Zero, as it is called -- the launch control center for what used to be a bevy of Minuteman III nuclear missiles aimed at the late, great Soviet Union -- and return with us now to ... (more)
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