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Word: attackproof (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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From New York to California, in a total of 18 states, the U.S. is hard at work on the biggest, most complex and crucial military construction program in its peacetime history: the installation of attackproof, underground launching sites for the nation's Atlas, Titan and Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles. By the time this system is completed in 1963 it will have cost $7 billion, and scores of nuclear-armed missiles will be poised to strike, with the flick of a switch, at the enemy heartland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: Underground Fortresses | 8/25/1961 | See Source »

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