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During the summer months of the 1950s, I lived in my parents’ small suburban ranch house just 10 minutes away from a fully functioning U.S. Army Nike missile base. It was incongruous. Built a few… Read More »The Daily Heller: It Goes BOOM, a Guide to Guided Missiles