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Pacific Missile Failure Proved Important Point
Honolulu reports scientists at Johnston Island deliberately destroyed a Thor missile with a nuclear warhead aloft over the Pacific. The blast produced no nuclear explosion, and officials said fragments in ocean water pose no hazard, though some high altitude fragments could linger aloft for years.
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