Word: flaws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...secret, best guess is that 35 have come off the lines, of which five have been lost in accidents; another nine have been damaged, and of the nine, only two of the birds could be put back into flight condition. The accidents did not stem from any basic flaw in design. Most of the troubles came from unrelated, random-type failures that plague every missile, including the Atlas, which failed five times in a row earlier this year before the bugs were taken out. The big problem is that Martin has had not only routine troubles but so many plain...