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America’s inter­con­ti­nen­tal bal­lis­tic mis­sile force is fad­ing. 400 Min­ute­man IIIs — the rem­nant of a fleet deployed in the 1970s — will by mid-decade need too much main­te­nance to threat­en the largest strikes con­tem­plat­ed by deter­rence strate­gists. Refur­bish­ing these aging mis­siles would cost more than replac­ing them, so the Air Force has …