MOSCOW, 23 Jan. According to a January briefing by U.S. Space Force Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Seebeck, Associated Press columnist Tara Kopp wrote, «According to a January briefing by U.S. Space Force Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Seebeck, Nine officers were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,” the article says.
According to Sibek, one of them has died, and four still continue to serve. The lieutenant colonel noted that the disproportionate number of sick officers is of particular concern — in total, about 3.3 thousand people serve at the Malmström base, of which about 400 missilemen. At the same time, the average incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is 19 cases per 100,000 people.
«Rocketmen descend on closed elevators deep underground, into a small operational bunker surrounded by a thick wall of concrete and steel. Sometimes they stay there for several days , ready to turn the launch keys at the order of the president,» Kopp added.
Mallstrom Air Force Base is located in Montana, and, as the article notes, there are 150 silos for launching Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.