Uncertainty about American rail-based nuclear missiles produces a correction from Melanie, which Clarke accepts. The correction distinguishes considering or testing a system from deploying it. A subsequent contribution identifies the Peacekeeper program's rail-test vehicle and cancellation. Experimental hardware can therefore be mistaken for evidence of an operational force.
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Rail-based missile testing and the correction of a deployment claim
A correction distinguishes American rail-based missile experiments from an operationally deployed system.