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The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen at underground launch control centers at a Montana nuclear missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer diagnoses. The discovery “is the first from an extensive sampling of active U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile bases to address specific cancer concerns raised by missile community members,” Air Force Global Strike Command said in a release Monday. In those samples, two launch facilities at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana showed PCB levels higher than the thresholds recommen...

According to the Torchlight Initiative, 217 troops who served at nuclear missile sites, or their surviving family members, have reported cases of cancer.

The balloon, watching it, reading signals off it or something? >> well, yes, and if you can observe it up close and personal, you can learn a lot about, for example, if it had antennas on it, you can do forensics on the antennas and figure out, you know, the nature of whether that might have been a transmitter or a receiver, which is very useful to know if you're going to continue to glean intelligence on just what one of these things is doing. so there are -- and the other part of this is there are ways to collect intelligence on the balloon that is not directly connected physically with the ...

So there are -- and the other part of this is there are ways to collect intelligence on the balloon that is not directly connected physically with the balloon itself. so if we have some insight into its launch facilities and the protocols the chinese use when they launch, that's all valuable stuff. and particularly if you can connect that with the actual operation of the balloon as it's flying. >> secretary cohen, do you agree with director clapper that there should be some publicly announced protocols or at least explained protocols? >> i think general clapper is absolutely correct in terms o...

They're actually launch from? they�* re actually launch from 7 it's they're actually launch from? it's due to convenience. many of these companies that are satellites, the small satellites, the small satellites on the bottom of the jumbo jet and launched satellites on the bottom of the jumbojet and launched on monday and the vertical rockets launched from scotland, many of these companies are start up companies. they arejust companies. they are just beginning companies. they arejust beginning in their living off investment and promises and they really do need to demonstrate that they have a ...