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On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
The real use of an ICBM is to use with a nuclear capability, not to make some type of conventional attack.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Wilson argues that intercontinental ballistic missiles are primarily for nuclear threats.

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