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World Service,1 min

‘I felt close to nuclear war once’

The Inquiry

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A former missile launch officer, Bruce Blair, describes having his finger on the nuclear button. (Photo: Characteristic mushroom shaped cloud begins formation after the first H-Bomb explosion at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific, 6th November 1952. Credit: Getty Images)

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