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Check out the abandoned New Jersey military base where a nuclear missile exploded in 1960

Matthew Stuart
Mar. 23, 2017, 2:01 PM

At the height of the Cold War, the United States was deploying nuclear weapons all around the country, ready to launch at a moment's notice. While the missiles were never used to strike a foreign target, one did explode in its New Jersey shelter.

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